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Whole decision: Dismissed

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical care provided by Mississippi Baptist Medical Center on June 15, 2019, is dismissed.

The deciding factor: Benefit Recovery, which did not furnish the underlying medical care in question, cannot file a VA Form 10182 as a claimant and no completed VA Form 10182 has been received by the Board.

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
March 25, 2025
Citation
A25027367

Veterans Law Judge

Cory M. Picton

Decisions by this judge: 907 · Granted: 35% (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 A25027367.

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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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