The Veteran is seeking reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred during his private hospitalization at St. Charles Medical Center from February 7th-11th of 2014 due to a nonservice-connected condition. The Board has determined that additional development is needed, including obtaining missing VA and private hospital records, as well as securing a new medical opinion regarding the Veteran's stabilization point.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded for further development to determine if the Veteran stabilized at St. Charles Medical Center before being discharged on February 11th, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20002801
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Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss in the right ear has been denied. The Board found that there is no current diagnosis of right ear hearing loss and thus, cannot establish a link to service. For prostate cancer, the Veteran's claim is remanded as VA did not provide an opinion regarding whether his condition may be related to service due to toxic exposure.
- Denied
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