The Board has remanded the claim for payment or reimbursement of emergency ambulance services provided by the appellant on September 25, 2019 due to insufficient information in the claims file. The AOJ is required to associate pertinent records with the file and properly adjudicate the Veteran's claim under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1725 and 38 C.F.R. §§ 17.1000-17.1008.
The deciding factor: The appeal is remanded due to insufficient information in the claims file regarding whether a VA or other federal facility was feasibly available, whether the Veteran had been enrolled with VA health care and received medical services within the 24-months preceding the episode of care, and whether the Veteran had other health insurance.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24043569
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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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