The Board has granted reimbursement for the cost of unauthorized medical expenses incurred on May 26, 2008, at a non-VA medical facility due to the Veteran's service-connected condition and the availability of VA facilities.
The deciding factor: The treatment was deemed necessary due to the Veteran's history of diverticulitis and the prudent layperson would have reasonably expected delay in seeking immediate medical attention to be hazardous to life or health.
- Claimed conditions
- Diverticulitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2011
- Citation
- 1117362
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