The veteran's unauthorized private medical treatment for severe abdominal pain was found to be reasonable and necessary, leading to its reimbursement. The VA facilities were not feasibly available at the time of the emergency.
The deciding factor: A prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that delay in seeking immediate medical attention for the initial evaluation and treatment would have been hazardous to life or health.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pancreatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0637048
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus, Type 2 as secondary to the chronic pancreatitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic pancreatitis to obtain additional medical opinions regarding its etiology, particularly in relation to toxic exposures during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic pancreatitis as more evidence is needed to determine if it is related to the Veteran's service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic pancreatitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, finding that the Veteran's alcohol abuse, which was linked to his PTSD, caused his chronic pancreatitis.
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