The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of medical expenses is remanded due to missing records and the need for a VA clinician to determine when the emergency ended and whether the Veteran was stable for transfer to a VA facility.
The deciding factor: Missing records, including those from Dr. J.J.'s review and private treatment records between July 11, 2014 and July 25, 2014, are needed to determine when the emergency ended and whether the Veteran was stable for transfer to a VA facility.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19104070
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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