The Board has determined that additional evidentiary development is necessary to determine whether payment or reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred during the Veteran's hospitalization at The Villages Regional Hospital from May 13, 2012 through May 15, 2012 can be made beyond the point of stabilization.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on VA's denial of payment or reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred during the Veteran's private hospitalization at The Villages Regional Hospital in May 2012. Additional development is needed to determine whether reasonable attempts were made by the private hospital to contact VA and transfer the Veteran to a VA facility beyond the point of stabilization.
- Claimed conditions
- decompensated systolic heart failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1636917
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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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