Granted
The veteran was granted payment or reimbursement for the cost of medical treatment provided from May 10, 2005, to May 12, 2005, at St. John's Health System in Anderson, Indiana.
The deciding factor: The treatment was deemed emergent and a VA facility was not feasibly available at the time of the private medical care between May 10, 2005, and May 12, 2005.
- 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 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0901355
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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