The Veteran's emergency room visit on March 9, 2014 was deemed necessary due to the severity of her symptoms and the unavailability of VA facilities. The Board granted reimbursement for the medical expenses incurred.
The deciding factor: The condition met the criteria for an emergency as evidenced by the prudent layperson expectation that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health, and there was no feasible availability of a VA facility.
- Claimed conditions
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066312
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,104 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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