The Board is remanding the case to determine if a VA medical facility was feasibly available for the veteran's treatment, and to review the specific type of care needed by the veteran during his hospitalization at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
The deciding factor: The decision will be based on whether the Brecksville VAMC was capable of providing the specific type of care required by the veteran during his admission to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
- Claimed conditions
- pleuritis, status post lung transplant
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0400458
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for pleuritis, as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis of pleuritis.
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