The appellant was granted payment or reimbursement for private medical expenses incurred from September 1, 2004 to September 7, 2004 due to the continued medical emergency and the unavailability of VA facilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that a continued medical emergency existed for the entire duration of the appellant's treatment at the private hospital, and that VA or other federal facilities were not feasibly available during this period.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0815654
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.
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