The Veteran's treatment at UF Health Jacksonville Department of Emergency Medicine on January 7, 2016 was not for a condition that required immediate medical attention due to the lack of significant underlying symptoms. The Board found that a prudent layperson would not have expected delay in seeking medical attention to be hazardous to his life or health.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's abdominal pain and STD exposure were not severe enough to require immediate treatment, as he could have sought care at VA facilities nearby.
- Claimed conditions
- lower abdominal pain, STD exposure, hypospadias
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19153808
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