The veteran's claim for additional payment or reimbursement of unauthorized treatment in the form of services under the VA Fee Basis Home Health Care Program was denied by the Board. The case is now being remanded to the VAMC for further development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the lack of legal authority to grant additional home healthcare services to nonservice-connected veterans, despite the veteran's need for such care.
- Claimed conditions
- quadriplegia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2007
- Citation
- 0728148
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a need to associate certain FTCA files with the Veteran's claims file.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for quadriplegia to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding VA treatment records and an adequate medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's quadriplegia was proximately caused and aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Denied
The Veteran's quadriplegia, neurogenic bowel, and neurogenic bladder are not considered to be a result of VA carelessness, negligence, or error. The Board found that the additional disability was caused by inadequate care provided by the group home after discharge from VA facilities.
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