The Board denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized private medical services provided on June 28, 2003 due to lack of an emergency condition and because VA facilities were feasibly available.
The deciding factor: Treatment was not rendered in a medical emergency as evidenced by the absence of severe symptoms that would have placed the veteran's health at risk if immediate treatment had been delayed.
- Claimed conditions
- Right elbow pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0636270
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