The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses at Riverwood Health Care Center from October 11, 2013 to October 17, 2013 are granted as his condition was an emergency and VA facilities were not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's condition on October 11, 2013 was emergent and the closest VA facility was over an hour's drive away.
- Claimed conditions
- pancolitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19182320
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Decisions by this judge: 1,037 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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