The Veteran's appeal for medical expense reimbursement is granted because the treatment was necessary due to a serious threat to his health and VA facilities were not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The Veteran could not reach the nearest VA facility within a reasonable time frame, and delaying care would have been hazardous to his health.
- Claimed conditions
- foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20075955
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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.
What you can do next
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