The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private hospital is denied as the services were not rendered in an emergency situation and no VA facility was feasibly unavailable.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support that the Veteran received emergent medical treatment, which would have been considered an emergency under the criteria set forth by 38 C.F.R. § 17.1002.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal pain, prostate problems, cholelithiasis, degenerative features throughout the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1020262
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What this means for you
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