The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of private medical expenses is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and medical opinions regarding whether emergency treatment was necessary, if other VA facilities were available, and if the Veteran could have been safely transferred from a non-VA facility.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran received care within 24 months prior to his injury and if an alternative VA facility was feasibly available for emergency treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- fractured wrist, fractured ankle, fractured rib
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2014
- Citation
- 1429203
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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.
- Granted
The appeal is granted for service connection of PTSD, extraction of 4 wisdom teeth, fractured rib, left ankle pain, left knee pain, left wrist pain, refractive eye surgery, and right shoulder bursitis. The appeals of entitlement to service connection for PTSD and entitlement to service connection for right shoulder bursitis are dismissed as moot.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran's period of service from November 16, 2004 to September 1, 2009 is honorable. The Veteran’s claims for service connection are now remanded to determine if these conditions are related to his honorable service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for back problems, bilateral foot problems (claimed as no arches), diabetes mellitus, fractured ankle, sleep apnea, and stomach problem.,None of the Veteran's claimed conditions are shown to be related to his military service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's injuries sustained in a March 1973 motor vehicle accident were not incurred during or as a result of his National Guard service. As such, the claims for service connection for the residuals of a fractured rib and left pneumothorax are denied.
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