Granted
The veteran was granted payment or reimbursement for the cost of unauthorized private medical expenses incurred from October 24, 2005 to October 27, 2005 due to a medical emergency.
The deciding factor: The criteria for entitlement to reimbursement were met as the treatment was deemed emergent and VA facilities were not feasibly available.
- Claimed conditions
- acute gangrenous cholecystitis, incarcerated supraumbilical hernia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2008
- Citation
- 0815832
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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