Granted
The Board granted payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical expenses incurred at UEMS emergency department for care on October 22, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran utilized VA healthcare in the previous 24 months and the delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been 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
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- A24069133
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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