Granted
The Veteran is entitled to reimbursement for the private medical expenses incurred from June 13, 2006 to June 14, 2006 at Hillcrest Hospital due to a medical emergency and the unavailability of VA facilities.
The deciding factor: The treatment was rendered for a condition that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected to be hazardous to life or health, and federal facilities were not 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
- March 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0909702
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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