The Veteran's emergency medical services at Lakeview Medical Center were timely filed and covered by VA. The treatment was for a heart attack, which required immediate attention to avoid life-threatening consequences. As the nearest available appropriate level of care was at a non-VA facility (LRMC), no other VA facility was feasibly available, thus allowing for payment.
The deciding factor: The emergency medical services provided were timely filed and covered by VA due to the nature of the condition requiring immediate attention.
- Claimed conditions
- Myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19184759
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.
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