The Board has granted the Veteran's request to be reimbursed for non-VA medical treatment received on January 2, 2017 due to it being an emergency and VA facilities were not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the non-VA treatment was rendered in a medical emergency and that VA facilities were not feasibly available, meeting the criteria for reimbursement under 38 U.S.C. § 1725 and 38 C.F.R. § 17.120.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2023
- Citation
- 23048066
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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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