Payment or reimbursement for unauthorized expenses incurred for care at Spohn Hospital, Beeville, Texas from July 13 to July 16, 2000 is denied.,Payment or reimbursement for unauthorized expenses incurred for care at Spohn Hospital, Beeville, Texas and Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas from August 23 to September 9, 2000 is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical emergency ended when the Veteran was sufficiently stable to be discharged for rehabilitation. Reasonable attempts were made to transfer the Veteran to a VA facility after the end of the medical emergency, but these attempts were not successful.,The condition for which the Veteran was treated from August 23, to September 9, 2000 at Spohn Hospital, Beeville, Texas and Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas was an emergency condition. The nearest VA facility with an emergency department was two hours away, making it not feasibly available.
- Claimed conditions
- Fluid retention, Leaking fluids through the skin, Fever
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2021
- Citation
- 21001672
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