Travel costs for Estonia to Finland visa were deemed necessary military injury treatment expenses.
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AI generatedThe court ruled that travel expenses incurred to obtain a visa for treatment in Finland constituted necessary military injury-related costs under the Military Injury Act. The Accident Insurance Office had initially approved reimbursement for examinations at a military hospital, but the V-Board modified this decision. The court determined that since the medical treatment was mandated by the Military Injury Act, the associated travel costs for the visa were legally required and thus reimbursable.
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AI generatedMilitary Injury Act; Accident Insurance Act: Travel expenses incurred to obtain a visa for necessary treatment abroad are classified as necessary military injury-related costs and must be reimbursed when the treatment facility is designated by the Accident Insurance Office.
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Viisumin hankkimisesta Eestistä Suomeen pääsemiseksi aiheutuneita kustannuksia oli pidettävä sotilasvammalaissa tarkoitettuina sairaanhoidosta aiheutuneina välttämättöminä matkakustannuksina, kun tapaturmavirasto oli antanut maksusitoumuksen sotavammasairaalassa suoritettavia tutkimuksia varten. Tapaturmaviraston päätöstä muutettiin. V-jaosto