The Board has granted payment or reimbursement for medical expenses incurred at Allegheny General Hospital from December 9, 2016 through December 13, 2016 due to the Veteran's condition remaining emergent until his discharge on December 13, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s medical emergency did not resolve until December 13, 2016 and thus payment or reimbursement for the costs of emergency treatment is warranted based on the evidence of record at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- Right-sided flank pain, Hematuria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19142891
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Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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