The Veteran's emergency medical treatment at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona from January 13, 2011 to January 21, 2011 was approved due to his service-connected total disability permanent in nature and the unavailability of VA facilities that could have provided appropriate care.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's medical conditions were severe and required immediate attention, making it impractical for him to seek treatment at a VA facility beforehand.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive crisis, scleroderma renal crisis, acute non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, acute renal failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2014
- Citation
- 1425190
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal regarding an earlier effective date for scleroderma renal crisis due to a procedural defect, as the Veteran's VA Form 10182 was not validly opted into the AMA review system.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, and the Board denied service connection for cause of death.
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