The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided by the appellant on November 17, 2020 is dismissed because the VA Form 10182 was not timely filed and no good cause has been shown.
The deciding factor: The appeal was untimely as the VA Form 10182 for the July 2021 VHA decision seeking payment for non-VA medical services provided on November 17, 2020 was submitted more than a year after the decision and no good cause was presented.
- 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 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24075170
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 105 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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