The Board has granted payment for medical expenses incurred at St. Francis Hospital and Tacoma Radiological Associates on October 17 and 28, 2013, as well as November 4 and 5, 2013, due to VA's authorization of the care.
The deciding factor: The Board found that SFH notified VA at the time the Veteran could be safely transferred to a VA facility and the transfer was not accepted, meeting the criteria for payment under 38 U.S.C. § 1703 and 38 C.F.R. §§ 17.52, 17.53.
- Claimed conditions
- Appendicitis, Right Lower Abdominal Quadrant Abscess
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18128112
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