The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized private medical expenses incurred at St. Elizabeth Health Center on February 10, 2009, is granted as the treatment was deemed reasonable under emergency conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran acted reasonably in seeking treatment at the nearest emergency facility due to his symptoms and instructions from a VA physician.
- Claimed conditions
- subconjunctival hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1404706
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