The veteran's unauthorized private medical expenses incurred from November 17, 2002 to November 23, 2002 were denied as VA facilities were not feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would have been reasonable.
The deciding factor: VA facilities were not feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would not have been reasonable, thus the emergency treatment criteria under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725 was not met.
- Claimed conditions
- Gall Bladder Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2005
- Citation
- 0507926
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