The Veteran's medical expenses at Bothwell Regional Health Center on December 31, 2015 are covered as the treatment was for a condition that would have been considered an emergency by a prudent layperson and there were no feasible VA facilities available.
The deciding factor: The Veteran presented with symptoms of severe headache and high blood pressure which he believed to be life-threatening. The closest ER, BRHC, provided appropriate care despite being closer than the nearest VA facility.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache, Elevated Blood Pressure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20069342
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no current disability or sufficient evidence to support higher ratings.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a headache disability as secondary to his service-connected hypertension or hypertension-related medication, finding that there was no evidence linking the headaches to his hypertension.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disability, finding that there is no evidence of chronicity or continuity of symptomatology following service and concluding that his current headaches are less likely than not incurred in service.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches are found to be etiologically related to active duty service, specifically as a result of his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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