The appeal for payment or reimbursement of the cost of non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran on November 29, 2023, was dismissed due to the governing statutes and regulations not contemplating Board review for such claims.
The deciding factor: The applicable statutes and regulations governing the Veterans Community Care Program do not contemplate Board review of the question of whether payment is warranted for a non-emergency RSV vaccine prescribed by a non-VA physician affiliated with a provider in the VCCP network.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24063788
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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