The veteran seeks payment or reimbursement for non-VA medical expenses incurred at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. The case is remanded to clarify the dates of services, determine enrollment in VA healthcare system within two years before treatment, and assess stability prior to discharge.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather payment for non-VA medical expenses incurred during a hospital stay due to an emergency condition.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0803756
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to a duty to assist error. The Board finds that the Veteran may have been exposed to toxic substances during his service, including RF radiation and asbestos. However, VA did not obtain an opinion regarding the relationship between these exposures and the claimed conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has restored service connection for the Veteran's abdominal aortic aneurysm as secondary to his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the original grant of service connection was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for abdominal aortic aneurysm, left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, and erectile dysfunction were denied as there was no prior claim filed before August 15, 2022.,The Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ were also denied as there was no prior claim filed before August 15, 2022.,Eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 USC chapter 35 was denied as the Veteran did not have a permanent and total service-connected disability prior to August 15, 2022.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's abdominal aortic aneurysm, specifically addressing whether it is at least as likely as not caused by exposure to herbicide agents and asbestos during service.
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