The Board granted payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred on June 12, 2017, at Tri-State Memorial Hospital due to the Veteran's right leg condition being an emergency that required immediate attention.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s right leg condition was an emergent situation and a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected delay in seeking medical attention to be hazardous. The nearest VA facility providing emergency care was 100 miles away, making it not feasibly available during his emergency.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19188777
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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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