The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Good Samaritan Hospital from October 12, 2012 to October 14, 2012 are denied as the VA has already granted payment or reimbursement for his initial hospitalization due to emergency treatment. The Veteran was determined to be stable and capable of being transferred to a VA facility by October 12, 2012.
The deciding factor: The medical determination that the Veteran's condition had stabilized and he could have been safely transferred to a VA facility on October 12, 2012, rendered payment or reimbursement for the subsequent unauthorized expenses denied.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease status post myocardial infarction, Clostridium difficile infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2017
- Citation
- 1752968
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