The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at St. Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital from March 17, 2008 to March 22, 2008 are granted as the services were provided in a medical emergency and VA facilities were not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: VA was not capable of accepting transfer because no beds were available at the VAMC, and attempts to use them beforehand would have been unreasonable due to waiting lists for admission.
- Claimed conditions
- post-phlebitic syndrome, malignant skin neoplasm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1003405
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal, and the Board has dismissed it.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for post-phlebitic syndrome, left and right lower extremities due to a duty-to-assist error in the prior rating decision. The VA examination was inadequate as it did not consider the Veteran's lay statements of symptoms and the prescription for special compression appliances.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for post-phlebitic syndrome, finding that the condition is related to a right ankle injury sustained during service and resulting in chronic lower extremity swelling and pain.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for malignant skin neoplasm, finding that the evidence did not support a link to in-service radiation exposure or any other in-service incurrence.
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