The Board has ordered the VA Health Eligibility Center (HEC) to review and clarify whether the Veteran's eligibility for free VA healthcare was changed from exempt to required due to his income in 2007, and if so, what specific services require a copayment. The HEC must provide clear reasons and bases for any findings regarding the means test threshold exceeded and which services may require a copayment.
The deciding factor: The VA Health Eligibility Center (HEC) needs to clarify whether the Veteran's eligibility status was changed due to income exceeding the means test threshold, and what specific healthcare services now require a copayment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1441503
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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.
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