The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for reimbursement of non-VA medical care provided at NYPMG Queens on September 4, 2020, to September 6, 2020, finding that the treatment was related to his service-connected hidradenitis suppurativa and rendered in a medical emergency. The appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the episodes of care were for a service-connected disability (hidradenitis suppurativa) and treated in an emergency situation, thus meeting the criteria under 38 U.S.C. § 1728.
- Claimed conditions
- hidradenitis suppurativa with scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24067828
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Decisions by this judge: 1,820 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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