The Veteran's medical expenses incurred at St. Cloud Hospital from August 10 to 22, 2017 are granted as the treatment was for a medical emergency and VA did not accept transfer to a VA facility.
The deciding factor: VA did not accept the Veteran's request for transfer to a VA facility due to capacity issues at the time of his inpatient rehabilitation.
- Claimed conditions
- T11-T12 fracture, sternal fracture, right distal fibula fracture
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20004053
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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