The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at NCH Healthcare System on February 14, 2018 were denied as the treatment was not for a condition of such severity that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health. The Board found no other eligibility criteria met under 38 U.S.C. § 1725.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's injury did not meet the requirement of being a condition of such nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected delay in seeking immediate medical attention to be hazardous to life or health.
- Claimed conditions
- Right arm skin tear
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19173777
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