The Veteran's medical expenses incurred at Charleston Memorial Hospital from May 12, 2006 to May 17, 2006 are granted for reimbursement as they meet the criteria of a continued medical emergency.
The deciding factor: VA determined that there was no VA facility available to provide the necessary rehabilitative care and that an emergent treatment had not ended prior to the Veteran's discharge from Charleston Memorial Hospital on May 17, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1447322
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