The Board has decided that the file for the claim of entitlement to payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred on February 9, 2013, at Memorial Hospital (MH) cannot be located and needs to be reconstructed. The case is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The file was not found and needs to be reconstructed in order to upload all documentation related to the appeal to the electronic claims file.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20080291
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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