The veteran's claim for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Homestead Hospital on May 5, 1999 is granted due to the evidence being in equipoise as to whether VA facilities were feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would have been reasonable, sound, wise, or practical.
The deciding factor: The evidence was found to be in equipoise regarding the feasibility of using VA facilities before the emergency treatment at Homestead Hospital.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2001
- Citation
- 0104586
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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