The Board denied payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred on August 13, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center due to the Veteran's failure to seek immediate medical attention for his service-connected left shoulder condition and because VA facilities were feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not reasonably expect that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health, and no VA facility was feasibly unavailable.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19131092
What this means for you
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