The appeal concerning payment for non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran from September 4, 2013 to November 1, 2013 by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UCMP) Mercy has been dismissed because the appellant is not a proper claimant.
The deciding factor: The appellant was not the veteran who received the services or a person other than the veteran who paid for the services, and thus did not have standing to file an appeal on behalf of the Veteran's estate.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2022
- Citation
- 22066754
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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