The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private hospital from February 5, 2016 to February 7, 2016 are denied as the treatment was not rendered in an emergency situation and VA facilities were feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The treatment provided by the private hospital did not meet the criteria for emergency treatment due to lack of life-threatening symptoms and feasible availability of VA facilities.
- Claimed conditions
- acute renal failure, hyponatremia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19187159
What this means for you
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