The veteran's claim for payment of medical expenses incurred during hospitalization at Memorial Medical Center was granted, as the criteria for VA reimbursement were met.
The deciding factor: The hospital care or medical services provided at Memorial Medical Center were necessary due to a serious threat to the life or health of the veteran and were arranged by a VA physician despite objections.
- Claimed conditions
- epistaxis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0425528
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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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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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