The veteran seeks payment or reimbursement for medical expenses incurred at South Lake Hospital on October 10, 2005. The VA is requesting additional records to determine if the treatment was a medical emergency.
The deciding factor: VA needs to obtain and review the veteran's records from South Lake Hospital and Orlando VAMC to determine if the October 10, 2005 treatment constituted a medical emergency.
- Claimed conditions
- sore throat, pain on swallowing, coughing, low grade fever
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0819967
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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: Denied
The Veteran's claims for hearing loss, headache, sleep disorder, sore throat, and upper back disability have all been denied as there is no persuasive evidence of current disabilities in any of these conditions.,There are no persuasive medical findings or diagnoses supporting the presence of a current hearing loss, headache, sleep disorder, sore throat, or upper back disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for vertigo, itchy eyes, stuffy nose, and nasal congestion, coughing, anal bleeding, and anal fissures on a direct basis. A 30 percent rating was also granted for cervical spine degenerative disc disease.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the motions for revision of clear and unmistakable error in various rating decisions, including those related to service connection and ratings for multiple conditions. The claims for service connection were remanded.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a sore throat and remanded the claims for a low back disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to inadequate medical evidence.
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