The Veteran's treatment at John C. Lincoln Hospital from November 29, 2012 to December 18, 2012 and January 10, 2013 to January 17, 2013 is granted.,The Veteran's treatment at Valley of the Sun Rehabilitation Hospital from December 18, 2012 to January 4, 2013 is remanded due to uncertainty regarding VA facility availability.
The deciding factor: Both hospitalizations involved initial trips to the emergency room for severe abdominal pain and other gastrointestinal symptoms. The treatment received was for a condition that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health.,It is unclear from the record whether any bed space was available at a VA facility at the time the Veteran was admitted to Valley of the Sun Rehabilitation Hospital on December 18, 2012 for necessary inpatient treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal pain, perforated duodenal ulcer, sepsis, intraabdominal abscess/wound, respiratory failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115742
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