The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses at Florida Hospital on November 3, 2013 are denied as he is not service-connected for any disability and the treatment was not in response to a medical emergency.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not meet the criteria for reimbursement under 38 U.S.C. § 1725 or 38 C.F.R. §§ 17.1000-1008 as his symptoms were not indicative of an emergent condition and a prudent layperson would not have believed that delay in seeking medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health.
- Claimed conditions
- Bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18104501
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