The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Howard Regional Hospital System from May 19, 2005, to May 31, 2005, are granted as the treatment was for a serious condition requiring immediate medical attention and no VA facility was feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's condition required urgent care due to ischemic bowel, myocardial infarction, gangrene, pulmonary edema, sarcoidosis, and cardiac involvement, making it impossible to transfer him to a VA facility without appropriate arrangements being made first.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic bowel, Myocardial infarction, Gangrene, Pulmonary edema, Sarcoidosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2023
- Citation
- 23059040
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