The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Hospital on February 27, 2013 is granted because the treatment was for a condition perceived to be so serious as to require immediate medical attention and because a VA facility was not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's post tooth extraction bleeding required immediate medical attention due to his perception of time urgency and risk of serious impairment, and the closest VA facility was over 40 miles away while the local private hospital was only 10 miles away.
- Claimed conditions
- post tooth extraction bleeding
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2015
- Citation
- 1543726
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