Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical care provided by Ohio Health Corporation on September 4, 2021, as it was not pre-authorized and did not meet the criteria for emergency treatment.
The deciding factor: A prudent layperson would not have reasonably expected that a delay in seeking immediate medical attention for his lumbar spine pain 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 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25092345
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