The Board has determined that the appellant is eligible for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred on May 2 to 3, 2005 and August 5 to 9, 2005 due to emergency care provided at non-VA facilities. The treatment was deemed necessary as it related to a service-connected disability (in this case, the appellant's kidney stones) or an associated aggravating condition.
The deciding factor: The medical emergencies were of such nature that delay would have been hazardous to life or health and no VA or other Federal facilities were feasibly available for immediate treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1024822
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