Non Service-Connected Conditions

26 Feb Non Service-Connected Conditions

If while you are receiving emergency care in a non-VA facility your situation satisfies the following, VA may pay for your emergency treatment:

• The period of the care cannot be covered by another VA authority
• On the basis of an average layperson’s knowledge of medicine and health, you had reasons to believe that delay in receiving medical treatment would endanger your life or health
• The VA or any other federal officials were not available
• You had been given VA medical care within 24-months prior to receiving non-VA medical treatment
• You are required to cover the medical expenses associated with the emergency care you received
• The medical care you received was provided by a facility responsible for providing emergency care to the public or similar facility
• There is no other health care coverage such as Medicare, worker’s compensation and Medicaid which is available to you
• There is no contractual or legal source of help from a third party that would enable you to cover the expenses of the emergency care