The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for reimbursement or payment of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Emergency Services and Radiology Incorporated on October 20, 2014. The decision is based on the emergent nature of the Veteran's headache pain, which was deemed a medical emergency.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reported an intense headache that he feared could be indicative of a severe brain condition (cerebral aneurysm), and his pain met the prudent layperson standard for an emergent need for medical evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23043530
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal includes multiple issues related to her service-connected disabilities and new claims for various conditions. The Board has determined that a remand is necessary due to the Veteran's failure to appear at scheduled VA examinations, as well as the need to obtain authorization for medical records from civilian facilities and personnel records regarding her deployments.
- Granted
The Veteran's cerebral aneurysm and Tolosa Hunt Syndrome are granted service connection as they are directly related to her time in active service.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a temporary total evaluation based on convalescence for surgery of cerebral aneurysm is denied because she was not service-connected for the condition at the time of her June 2012 surgery.
- Granted
The Veteran's surgery for a cerebral aneurysm resulted in convalescence from August 23, 2010 to October 11, 2010. The Board granted a temporary total rating due to convalescence.
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