WASHINGTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ruled Sept. 8 that the Department of Veterans Affairs must reimburse hundreds of thousands of veterans who have filed or will file claims between 2016 and 2025 for emergency medical care at non-VA facilities. Plaintiffs lawyers claimed, based on past VA estimates, the cost of reimbursements could be between $1.8B and $6.5B. The court ruled that the VA has been wrongfully denying reimbursement to veterans seeking non-VA emergency care; and struck down an internal VA regulation that blocked those payments. "All of this is unacceptable," the ruling read, which ordered the VA secretary to "readjudicate these reimbursement claims." The VA told NBC News in a statement that it was "aware of this decision and *is) reviewing it.” (Source: NBC News 09/10/19) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/veterans/court-rules-va-must-pay-veterans-emergency-room-care-decision-n1052131/
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