The Board granted payment or reimbursement for unauthorized non-VA medical care incurred on January 11, 2016, at Missouri Baptist Hospital.
The deciding factor: Based on the Veteran's state of mind and symptoms of service-connected schizophrenia, it was determined that a prudent layperson would reasonably believe that lack of immediate medical attention would be hazardous to health, and a VA facility was not feasibly available to provide necessary treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23000698
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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