The Veteran's unauthorized expenses for care at St. Vincent’s Medical Center from August 20 to August 24, 2015 are denied as the episode of care was not for a condition of such nature that delay in treatment would have been hazardous to life or health.
The deciding factor: The emergency department and hospital stay were not for an emergency condition requiring immediate medical attention.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg cellulitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20073000
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