The Board has determined that the veteran's emergency medical treatment provided by St. Francis Hospital on September 7, 2005 was for a condition of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected delay in seeking immediate medical attention to be hazardous to life or health and that VA facilities were not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The veteran's right radial nerve palsy and hyponatremia met the criteria for emergency treatment under 38 C.F.R. § 17.1002, as his symptoms were of such severity that delay in seeking medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health.
- Claimed conditions
- right radial nerve palsy, hyponatremia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0801276
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