Granted
The veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred in April 2006 are granted as the services were rendered in a medical emergency and no VA facility was feasible.
The deciding factor: The services were rendered in a medical emergency of such nature that delay would have been hazardous to life or health, and no VA facilities were 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
- January 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0900605
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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