The VA denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized ambulance expenses incurred in connection with treatment at Seven Rivers Community Hospital on December 15, 1998. The Board found that the ambulance services were not provided in a medical emergency of such nature that delay would have been hazardous to life or health.
The deciding factor: The appellant's condition (blood in urine) was serious but he was fully ambulatory and not acutely ill at the time of ambulance transport, which was a short distance away from the hospital. The Board found that his life or health was not in danger to the point that he needed immediate emergency transport.
- Claimed conditions
- blood in urine, back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0033315
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What this means for you
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