The Board denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred after August 14, 2001 due to lack of evidence that he was stable and could be safely transferred to a VA facility.
The deciding factor: VA medical professionals determined that the veteran was stable as of August 14, 2001, but there were no available beds at the VA facilities for further treatment. The Board found that payment or reimbursement could only be made for emergency treatment until the patient became stabilized.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Temporoparietal Intracranial Hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0215595
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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