The Board denied the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at [redacted] from July 25, 2011 to August 3, 2011, finding that the care provided was not emergency treatment and did not meet the criteria for VA reimbursement.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the inpatient rehabilitation services were not rendered as emergency treatment and found no evidence of a prudent layperson expectation that delay would have been hazardous to health or life. The Veteran's condition stabilized enough for therapy, and there was no indication he could not be transferred to a VA facility.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2016
- Citation
- 1635235
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