The Board found that the appellant's treatment was for a medical emergency and that it would have been prudent to transfer him to a VA facility. The VAMC accepted his transfer on March 21, 2006.
The deciding factor: The appellant could not be safely transferred to a VA facility due to the distance from the nearest VA facility, which was approximately 100 miles away and took two hours by car.
- Claimed conditions
- lethargy, hypotension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1029844
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