The veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Fawcett Memorial Hospital from July 17, 2005 to July 20, 2005 are now eligible for reimbursement due to the presence of a medical emergency and the lack of feasible availability of VA facilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's condition posed a serious threat to his health and no VA facility was feasibly available during the period in question.
- Claimed conditions
- acute necrotizing cholecystitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0804429
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