The Veteran received emergency medical care for a gastrointestinal bleed and other complications at Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital from January 4, 2006 to January 6, 2006. The condition was of such severity that delay in seeking treatment would have been hazardous to his life or health. No VA facility was feasibly available during this period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's medical condition posed a serious threat to his health and required immediate care which could not be provided at a VA facility due to lack of availability.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal bleed, Alcohol hepatitis, Malnutrition, Possible myocardial infarction, Chronic pain, Diabetes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1005455
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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.
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