The Board denied payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at Princeton Baptist Medical Center on March 27, 2019 due to lack of prior authorization and the absence of emergency treatment criteria being met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's non-VA care was not authorized in advance and did not meet the requirements for emergency services under 38 U.S.C. § 1725.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration of the left index finger
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19163771
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