The Veteran's unauthorized ambulance transportation service from Johnston County Emergency Service (JCES) incurred on June 3, 2017 is granted as the underlying medical expenses at Wake Medical Center were covered by the Veteran’s Medicare Part A health insurance coverage. The decision was made based on VA regulations that allow for payment or reimbursement of emergency treatment when a veteran's liability is not fully extinguished by a third-party payer such as Medicare.
The deciding factor: The decision was granted because the underlying medical expenses at Wake Medical Center were covered by the Veteran’s Medicare Part A health insurance coverage, which extinguished his personal liability to JCES for the ambulance transportation service.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178726
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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