The Veteran's unauthorized hospitalization for clostridium difficile colitis was deemed an emergency, and the private facility provided necessary care. The claim is granted as the conditions met the criteria for payment or reimbursement under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725.
The deciding factor: The treatment was rendered in a medical emergency of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected delay to be hazardous, and VA facilities were not feasibly available at the time.
- Claimed conditions
- Clostridium difficile colitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1453014
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Denied
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