The Veteran's medical expenses for June 27, 2011 at Eagle River Memorial Hospital are approved because the treatment was for a condition that would have warranted emergency care and no VA facility was feasibly available to provide it.
The deciding factor: The treatment provided was for an injury that could have led to serious conditions like deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and the nearest VA facilities were not feasibly available due to distance and other factors.
- Claimed conditions
- leg injury, deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19107249
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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