The Board has determined that the veteran's continued medical emergency during his hospitalization at Highland Regional Medical Center from May 23 to May 29, 2005, met the criteria for payment or reimbursement of emergency medical treatment. The decision is based on the assumption that all other criteria are satisfied.
The deciding factor: The Board found there was a continued medical emergency of such a nature that the veteran could not have been safely discharged or transferred to a VA or other Federal facility during his hospitalization, assuming all other criteria for reimbursement under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725 and 38 C.F.R. §§ 17.1000-1002 are satisfied.
- Claimed conditions
- Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation, Dizziness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2007
- Citation
- 0719795
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