The Veteran's treatment at SFBH on December 23, 2015 was for a medical emergency where delay in seeking immediate care would have been hazardous to his health. The VA or federal facility was not feasibly available due to the Veteran's wife's inability to drive him to the closest VA hospital.
The deciding factor: The treatment received at SFBH on December 23, 2015 met the criteria for a medical emergency where delay in seeking care would have been hazardous to health and there was no feasibly available VA or federal facility.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity pain, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), peripheral vascular disease, chronic renal insufficiency, obesity, very elevated and uncontrolled hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2018
- Citation
- 18153656
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