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Whole decision: Dismissed

Your appeal for payment of non-VA medical expenses from September 16, 2019 to September 17, 2019 has been resolved by an administrative action. The claim was approved and the appeal is dismissed.

The deciding factor: The administrative approval of the claim for payment of the cost of medical services provided on September 16, 2019 through September 17, 2019 reversed the previous denial and granted the benefit sought in this appeal.

Claimed conditions
Not specified in this decision
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating
Not verified here — check the original decision
Decision date
November 5, 2024
Citation
A24072020

Veterans Law Judge

CHRISTOPHER A. WENDELL

Decisions by this judge: 291 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation A24072020.

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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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

Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).

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