The Veteran seeks reimbursement for private medical expenses incurred on June 12, 2007 and June 13, 2007 at St. John Medical Center due to a heart attack. The case is remanded as the claims file has not been received from the RO and it is unclear whether VA facilities were feasibly available for treatment.
The deciding factor: The claim was remanded because the claims file has not been received from the RO, making it impossible to determine if VA facilities were feasibly available for the Veteran's treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart attack
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1015760
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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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