The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred during his hospitalization at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center from October 14 to 17, 1998 was denied due to a lack of evidence showing that the services were rendered in a medical emergency or under circumstances where VA facilities were not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The claim was denied because there is no evidence indicating that the care provided during the hospitalization constituted a medical emergency or that VA facilities were not feasible alternatives for providing such care.
- Claimed conditions
- nonservice-connected condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0301106
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Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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