Granted
The Board granted the Veteran's claims for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical care provided by Good Samaritan Medical Center and Steward Emergency Physicians on March 23, 2018.
The deciding factor: The treatment was considered emergent due to the Veteran's mental health condition, and a VA facility was not feasibly available at the time.
- 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 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24001902
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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