The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses for a left index finger laceration on January 11, 2008 were reimbursed because the nearest VA facility was over 100 miles away and the condition was perceived as emergent.
The deciding factor: The treatment was deemed necessary due to an emergent condition that posed a serious threat to health, with no feasible alternative within reasonable time.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Index Finger Laceration
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1029408
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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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