Granted
The Veteran's claims for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred from August 30, 2015, to September 8, 2015, at Memorial Hospital and Critical Care Consultants were granted as they were filed within the required 90-day period after he exhausted action to obtain payment or reimbursement from a third party.
The deciding factor: The claims were timely filed under 38 C.F.R. § 17.1004(d) due to the Veteran's assertion that his 90-day period for filing began in March 2016, when he received Medicaid benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- life-threatening severe sepsis secondary to legionella pneumonia, life-threatening respiratory failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19145982
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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