The veteran is granted payment or reimbursement for emergency services incurred between November 2, 2006 and November 5, 2006, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's treatment was of such a nature that a reasonably prudent person would expect delay in seeking immediate medical attention to be hazardous to life or health, and VA facilities were not feasibly available.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0812510
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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