The Board has determined that the Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Bert Fish Medical Center from July 28 to July 29, 2007 were reimbursable due to an emergency situation and lack of feasible VA availability.
The deciding factor: A prudent lay person would have reasonably expected a delay in seeking treatment would have been hazardous to the Veteran's health. The closest VA facility was not feasibly available on a Saturday evening.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroenteritis, Esophageal Stricture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1003338
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