The Veteran's unauthorized emergency room treatment for a kidney stone on July 29, 2004 is approved as reimbursement or payment under VA regulations.
The deciding factor: The condition was of such severity that it required immediate medical attention and the closest VA facility was not feasibly available within a reasonable time frame.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney stone
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0929880
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