The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses from Galesburg Hospitals' Ambulance Service on July 8, 2007 was denied as VA facilities were not feasibly unavailable.
The deciding factor: VA facilities in the area were not feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would not have been reasonable or practical.
- Claimed conditions
- Priapism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2013
- Citation
- 1341516
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for earlier effective date and increased rating for priapism was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show entitlement to a compensable rating prior to June 6, 2018, and that residuals of priapism warranted only a 20 percent disability rating.
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