The veteran's unauthorized medical expenses for acute gastroenteritis incurred in February 2004 are denied as the emergency was not deemed to be an urgent or life-threatening situation, and VA facilities were feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The emergency room treatment did not meet the criteria of a 'medical emergency' due to the lack of severe symptoms that would have placed the veteran's health in serious jeopardy if immediate medical attention had been delayed.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute gastroenteritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0636038
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