Citation Nr: A25035272
Decision Date: 04/16/25	Archive Date: 04/16/25

DOCKET NO. 210401-184618
DATE: April 16, 2025

ORDER

The appeal with respect to the issue of entitlement to payment of the cost of non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical services provided by Baltimore Washington Medical Center on March 5, 2020, is dismissed.

FINDING OF FACT

While this appeal was pending, the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) administratively approved the Appellant's claim for payment of the cost of medical care provided to the Veteran on March 5, 2020.

CONCLUSION OF LAW

The issue of entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on March 5, 2020, has been resolved in full by administrative action; the appeal is moot. 38 U.S.C. § 7105; 38 C.F.R. § 20.801.

REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION

The Appellant is a non-VA healthcare provider that furnished medical care services to the Veteran.??? 

In April 2021, the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) received a VA Form 10182 Decision Review Request: Board Appeal electing the direct review docket to review a November 2020 notice letter issued by a VA AOJ that denied payment for a March 5, 2020, episode of care for medical services provided by Baltimore Washington Medical Center.

The Appellant's claim for payment of the cost of non-VA medical care provided to the Veteran on March 5, 2020, was administratively approved while this appeal was pending.?In an August 2021 letter, the AOJ advised the Appellant that the March 5, 2020, episode of care was approved upon administrative review. The evidence indicates that payment was issued for the full charges billed by the provider for this episode of care.

Thus, the administrative action for the entire March 5, 2020, episode of care at issue in this appeal constitutes a reversal of the prior denial and represents a full grant of the benefit sought in this appeal.?Therefore, no determination remains with which the Appellant disagrees, and the appeal is dismissed.?38?U.S.C. §?7105(d).  

 

 

M.E. Larkin

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans' Appeals

Attorney for the Board	Page-Nelson, A.

The Board's decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.