The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses for a kidney stone treatment on December 9, 2015 are remanded due to the need to associate relevant treatment records with the claims file.
The deciding factor: Treatment records from November 26, 2015 were not associated with the claims file and need to be obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- Kidney Stone
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2018
- Citation
- 18116320
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and transfer considerations. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered after obtaining additional information.
- Denied
The Veteran's unauthorized medical treatment for a kidney stone at Providence Holy Family Health Services on December 9, 2015 was denied as there was no prior authorization from VA and the Board found that the emergency treatment criteria were not met.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at a private hospital due to a kidney stone is denied because he did not receive VA treatment within the 24 months prior to his emergency treatment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered the VA to locate and reconstruct the Veteran's VHA folder, obtain his private medical records related to a kidney stone treatment at Mercy Health Partners on July 12, 2010, and provide an accounting of all steps taken. The claim will be readjudicated after these actions.
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