The Veteran's ambulance transport was provided by Amerimed EMS on November 13, 2019. The claim for reimbursement was initially denied due to lack of prior authorization. After internal VA documents revealed that the treatment at Piedmont Athens Regional had been approved by TriWest, a third-party administrator under 38 U.S.C. § 1703, the claim was sent to another VA department. However, no decision from this review is available in the claims file. The Board has ordered remand for obtaining any missing documents regarding the beneficiary travel claim.
The deciding factor: The claim lacks a decision from the beneficiary travel department that reviewed the claim under beneficiary travel statutes.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2024
- Citation
- A24018749
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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.
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