The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses at Naples Community Hospital are being remanded for a designated VA clinician to determine if he was stable enough for transfer to a VA facility.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had an emergency cardiac condition and the designated VA clinician needs to determine if it was feasible to transfer him from NCH to a VA facility.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiac condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19148926
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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