The Veteran's unauthorized medical treatment from February 3, 2004 to February 5, 2004 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center was authorized due to the emergent nature of his symptoms and the lack of availability of VA facilities.
The deciding factor: The emergency services provided were for a condition that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected to be an urgent medical need, and no feasible alternative VA facility was available.
- Claimed conditions
- light-headedness, irregular heartbeat, tingling in hands and feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2013
- Citation
- 1303151
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