The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for payment of $125.00 for medical expenses associated with COVID-19 testing by Aegis Sciences Corporation on January 12, 2021, as it found that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected delay in seeking emergency treatment to be hazardous to life or health during the pandemic.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's condition of having COVID-19 was an emergency medical condition due to the serious nature of the virus and the potential for severe illness or death if not treated promptly, leading to a reasonable expectation of delay in seeking treatment being hazardous to life or health.
- 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 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24049539
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