The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized emergency medical care at St. Joseph Hospital on February 25, 2004 is denied as there was no legal basis to establish entitlement under the governing legal authority.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence that the expenses were rendered in a medical emergency of such nature that delay would have been hazardous to life or health, and all three criteria for payment/reimbursement must be met.
- Claimed conditions
- cough, upper respiratory infection (URI), questionable pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2007
- Citation
- 0729046
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