The veteran's treatment at Mercy Medical Center was for an acute embolic stroke, which is not service-connected. The VAMC found that the veteran could have been safely transferred to a VA facility after stabilization in the ICU, and thus denied reimbursement for continued care in the ICU.
The deciding factor: The VAMC determined that the veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for continued medical emergency requiring immediate treatment at a non-VA facility due to his stable status upon admission to the ICU.
- Claimed conditions
- embolic stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0639838
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