The Veteran's medical expenses at Cape Coral Hospital on March 22, 2016 are reimbursed as the treatment was for an emergency condition and a VA facility was not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran reasonably expected delay in seeking immediate medical care would have been hazardous to his health due to head pain following a recent injury, and that a VA facility with an emergency department was not feasibly available at the time of treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- head pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19109568
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Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnoses of head pain and vertigo did not begin during service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, thus denying his claim for service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a new examination to determine if the Veteran's current head pain disability is related to service. The TDIU claim remains pending and will also be remanded.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
Your claim of service connection for headaches, which you claimed was related to a service-connected eye disability, has been granted. However, the appeal is dismissed because your case no longer involves an ongoing controversy as the benefits have already been fully awarded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to inadequate medical opinions and new development is needed.
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