The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Baptist Medical Center from June 10 to June 15, 2015 were granted payment or reimbursement.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the Veteran could not have been safely discharged or transferred to a VA facility by June 10, 2015 due to his condition and other factors preventing him from being stabilized enough for transfer.
- Claimed conditions
- Hip injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105963
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Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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