The Veteran seeks payment or reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Fairview Northland Regional Medical Center in Princeton, Minnesota on February 26, 2012. The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete information and need for additional development.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because there are insufficient details regarding whether a VA facility was feasibly available to provide treatment for the Veteran's right elbow pain and swelling on February 26, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow pain, right elbow swelling
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2015
- Citation
- 1515900
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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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