The Veteran's medical expenses incurred on November 8, 2014, at Fairview Hospital and by Cleveland Emergency Medical Service are granted as the treatment was in a medical emergency of such nature that delay would have been hazardous to life or health.
The deciding factor: The Board found credible the Veteran's assertion that his back injury worsened to the point of incapacitating him, making immediate medical attention necessary.
- Claimed conditions
- Pneumonia, Back Pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22065780
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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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