Granted
The Board granted reimbursement for non-VA medical expenses related to retinal detachment surgery from March 2, 2022, to August 31, 2022.
The deciding factor: The treatment was rendered in a medical emergency of such nature that delay would have been hazardous to life or health, and VA facilities were not feasibly available at the time.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009059
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