The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses for treatment at South Seminole Hospital on February 19, 2012 are approved as the VA facilities were not feasibly available and an attempt to use them beforehand would have been considered unreasonable by a prudent layperson.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reported severe abdominal pain and other symptoms that required immediate medical attention. The ambulance transport determined that non-VA care was more urgent than driving 30 miles to the VA facility.
- Claimed conditions
- Abdominal pain, UTI-like symptoms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1647760
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