The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses at a non-VA facility from May 13, 2010, to May 15, 2010, is dismissed as the appellant withdrew his appeal.,The Board has determined that the appellant was entitled to payment or reimbursement for unauthorized private medical expenses incurred during December 21, 2010, to December 30, 2010, at Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The deciding factor: The treatment provided by the non-VA facility was deemed necessary due to an emergent condition and there were no feasibly available VA facilities that could have provided such care.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2014
- Citation
- 1424308
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