The Board remands the claims for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to inextricable interweaving with each other.
The deciding factor: The claims are inextricably intertwined, as the Veteran argues that the February 2011 private treatment was necessitated by the VA Medical Center prematurely discharging him in January 2011, and thus must be adjudicated together.
- 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 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22001670
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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