The Board granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, and past-due benefits were awarded to the claimant. The attorney is eligible for payment from these past-due benefits.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the requirements for paying an attorney fee from past-due benefits had been met based on the final decision granting service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, and the retention of counsel within one year of the decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Cause of death
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0010313
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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