Granted
The Veteran's claim for payment of unauthorized medical expenses for services rendered at Samaritan Medical Center from April 11, 2007 to April 24, 2007 was granted due to the unavailability of beds at a VA facility.
The deciding factor: VA facilities were not feasibly available for care during the period in question, and an attempt to use them beforehand would not have been reasonable or practical.
- 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 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0911286
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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