The veteran seeks payment for unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Tulsa Regional Medical Center on March 6, 2004 due to a nosebleed. The VA denied her claim and the Board affirmed this denial. The Court remanded the case back to the Board for reconstructing the lost portion of her claims file.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims file was lost after she appealed the denial of her unauthorized medical expenses claim, necessitating a new review of her evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Nosebleed
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2007
- Citation
- 0722740
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical expenses incurred on November 14, 2016, is denied as the care was not authorized in advance and did not meet the criteria for emergency treatment.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Valley ENT PC on January 7, 2016 due to lack of prior authorization and failure to meet the criteria for emergency treatment.
- Granted
The Veteran's non-VA medical expenses for a nosebleed on October 25, 2015 were reimbursed as the treatment was deemed necessary due to an emergency condition that posed a serious threat to her health. The nearest VA facility was not feasibly available and seeking care at BRH was considered reasonable.
- Denied
The veteran's nosebleed was not considered a service-connected condition, and the VA facility in Muskogee was feasibly available for her care.
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