The Veteran seeks payment or reimbursement for medical services received at St. Anthony Hospital North in Westminster, Colorado from September 23 to September 25, 2013. The Board is remanding the case to determine if the Veteran received VA medical services within the required timeframe.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the requirement of receiving VA medical services under 38 U.S.C. § 1701(6)(D) in the form of patient health education within the 24 months prior to the treatment at SAH.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac symptomatology
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101274
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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