The Veteran's appeal for payment of non-VA medical care provided on February 25, 2022 is dismissed because the applicable statutes and regulations governing the Veterans Community Care Program do not allow for Board review of whether payment is warranted.
The deciding factor: Payment by VA for care furnished by a healthcare provider within the Community Care Network is set forth in the terms within the contract providers sign to enter the VCCP, which does not allow for Board review.
- Claimed conditions
- left lung nodule
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2026
- Citation
- A26032618
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for pre-diabetes, chronic back pain, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, and left upper extremity radiculopathy have all been denied.,Service connection for a respiratory condition (to include COPD, chronic cough, and dyspnea) and a left lung nodule has also been denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence and a need for clarification on the relationship between the Veteran's service, lung nodules, and his cause of death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate VA medical opinion. The Veteran's left lung nodule is being reviewed again for potential service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lung disability (claimed as a left lung nodule) because the evidence did not support a finding that his condition had its onset in service or was related to his military service.
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