The Board has determined that the appellant's emergency medical services provided from March 18, 2004 to April 18, 2004 were reasonable and necessary under the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act. The veteran was found to have a condition of such severity (aortic dissection) that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to his life or health.
The deciding factor: The emergency treatment provided by the appellant facility was for a condition whose symptoms were of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health.
- Claimed conditions
- Aortic dissection, Acute coronary syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0809041
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