The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, and the veteran appealed. The attorney was not eligible to receive a fee from past-due benefits due to exceeding the 20% limit.
The deciding factor: The total fee provided in the agreement exceeded 20 percent of the amount of past-due benefits awarded.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of injuries to the low back, residuals of injuries to the neck, residuals of injuries to the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0012010
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's claim that his current disabilities are related to service, and thus denied the claim.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's residuals of injuries to the neck, head, and back were not incurred in or aggravated by her active service.
- Denied
The Board found that there is no evidence of a disease or injury in service, and the veteran did not provide sufficient information to establish continuity of symptomatology after service. Therefore, the claim for service connection for residuals of injuries to the head, neck, and upper thoracic spine was denied.
- Denied
The VA denied the veteran's claim for disability compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, finding that his chronic headaches and residuals of injuries to the neck, shoulders, knees, left elbow, and lower back did not result from VA medical care.
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