The Board finds that payment or reimbursement of the cost of unauthorized medical service provided by a private hospital from June 1, 2000 to June 5, 2000 is warranted based on the veteran's critical condition and the inability to safely transfer him to VA facilities prior to June 5, 2000.
The deciding factor: The veteran's condition was deemed unstable and continued to deteriorate until his death, making it medically unsafe for him to be transferred to a VA facility before June 5, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Disseminated cytomegalovirus infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2005
- Citation
- 0518647
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What this means for you
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