The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses at Englewood Community Hospital for constipation and abdominal pain were approved as the treatment was necessary due to a service-connected condition, and VA facilities were not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The treatment was for a condition that would have placed the Veteran in serious jeopardy if delayed, given his service-connected conditions and the need for immediate medical attention.
- Claimed conditions
- constipation, abdominal pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19154434
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