The veteran was granted reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred on September 16, 2004 at William Newton Memorial Hospital due to left flank pain.
The deciding factor: A prudent layperson could have reasonably expected that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health given the acute nature of the veteran's condition and the advice from an emergency medical technician.
- Claimed conditions
- left flank pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0901987
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's medical expenses at a private hospital were reimbursed because the treatment was necessary due to a medical emergency and VA facilities were not feasibly available.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a VA examiner regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current symptoms and his service-connected left flank pain.
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