The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of medical services provided by Osceola Regional Medical Center on February 23, 2004 is granted as the criteria for emergency treatment under the Millennium Bill Act are met.
The deciding factor: The Board found that all criteria for emergency treatment under the Millennium Bill Act were met, including that a VA or other Federal facility was not feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would not have been considered reasonable by a prudent layperson.
- Claimed conditions
- uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0842174
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