Opinion ID: 862
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Medical Reimbursement

Text: Finally, Barnick asserts that he continues to be denied medical reimbursement following the correction of his LOD determination, and that the Board's failure to enforce those payments was arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law. The Court of Federal Claims rejected this claim apparently on the ground that Barnick had not yet submitted all of the required documentation to the Air Force so that his reimbursement could be processed. See Barnick, 80 Fed.Cl. at 551 n. 4. He did so shortly before the court issued its decision, but his request had not yet been acted on at the time of the decision. Thus, the Court of Federal Claims did not err in rejecting Barnick's medical reimbursement claim, as it did not mature until reimbursements were acted on unfavorably by the Air Force. That occurred while this appeal was pending. To the extent that Barnick disagrees with the Air Force's decision not to reimburse certain expenses, the trial court's decision does not preclude Barnick from filing another claim with the court.