The Board granted payment or reimbursement of the cost of non-VA medical services provided by Cookeville Regional Medical Center and Putnam Emergency Physicians on September 19, 2023.
The deciding factor: The criteria for payment or reimbursement under 38 C.F.R. § 17.1002 were met as the Veteran received VA health care within the 24-month period preceding the emergency treatment and a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to 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
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25026474
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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