The Board has granted payment or reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Paris Regional Medical Center on October 17, 2012 due to the Veteran's severe abdominal pain and diarrhea. The matter of whether payment or reimbursement is warranted for August 27, 2012 treatment remains pending as additional records are needed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the medical event on October 17, 2012 was an emergent condition due to severe abdominal pain and diarrhea, and a VA facility was not feasibly available for treatment at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal pain, diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19132245
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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- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diarrhea, as no communication indicating a formal or informal claim for this condition was received prior to March 18, 2024.
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