Tax Write-Offs
I consulted with my accountant, and he said that after we spend 10% of our income on medical treatment, the rest is tax deductible. So save your receipts for EVERYTHING you do abroad (obviously not things like museums and such, but food etc., since the argument could be made that you cannot cook your own meals while you are there).
Oh, and a doctor's note couldn't hurt.
Essentially, for something like this, they can't deny you because, clearly, it is necessary. Plastic surgery? Not so much.
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Multiple traumas to spine starting age 13.
1st American to have 6 ADR's in one surgery. C3-4 - C/7, & L5-S1 - L3-4.
Surgery w/ Dr. Clavel, 3/18/13, M6.
Before surgery: severe spinal stenosis C5/C6 (cord "flattened" per stateside doc), + for Hoffman's & Babinsky's.
At time of surgery: 5 yrs MAX before ending up in wheelchair.
Clavel found L5-S1 partially fused. Had to cut it apart to put in M6.
Please excuse brevity - SEVERE carpel tunnel.
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