The Veteran's unauthorized medical treatment for abdominal pain on April 5, 2012 at Ocala Regional Medical Center is granted as the condition was considered an emergent situation.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected delay in seeking immediate medical attention to be hazardous due to the severity of the Veteran's abdominal pain and received advice from VA to go to the nearest ER, which was Ocala Regional Medical Center.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144536
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