The Veteran's treatment at St. Luke Medical Center on August 10, 2017 was for a condition that required immediate medical attention due to an infected abscess in the left groin. The VA facilities were not feasible and the Veteran could not reach them promptly. Therefore, payment or reimbursement is granted.
The deciding factor: The treatment was necessary due to an infected abscess which posed a risk of serious health complications if delayed.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder with major depressive disorder, Left foot episodic chronic plantar fasciitis, Right foot episodic chronic talotibial and calcaneal spurring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22006589
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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.
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