The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses is denied as the treatment was not for a medical emergency beyond June 28, 1994.
The deciding factor: The VA regulations dictate that an emergency shall be deemed to have ended at the point when a VA physician has determined that based on sound medical judgment, a veteran could have been transferred from the non-VA facility to a VA medical center for continuation of treatment. The veteran's treatment was not for a medical emergency beyond June 28, 1994.
- Claimed conditions
- thrombophlebitis, right leg, thrombophlebitis, left leg, eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0017553
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What this means for you
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