The Board has dismissed the appeal as the claim for payment of non-VA medical treatment by Vanderbilt University Medical Center from October 4, 2019 to October 10, 2019 is moot because the VA Office of Community Care Appeals Section has granted payment.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on a jurisdictional defect and the claim for payment had already been processed and paid by the VA Office of Community Care.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2021
- Citation
- A21017566
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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