The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at WMHS Braddock Hospital were denied as VA facilities were feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would not have been considered reasonable by a prudent layperson.
The deciding factor: VA facilities were feasibly available and using them beforehand would not have been considered reasonable due to the urgency of her condition and the distance involved.
- Claimed conditions
- Abdominal Pain, Diverticulitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1025722
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