The Board denied service connection for left knee and low back disorders in January 1984. The veteran's claims were subsequently addressed, but no final decision was issued regarding the issues of entitlement to a total evaluation based on individual unemployability, service connection for a left shoulder disability, or compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a left shoulder injury. As such, attorney fees from past-due benefits awarded in April 2000 are denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were not addressed by the Board until after November 1988 and within one year of the January 1984 decision, which precludes the payment of attorney fees from past-due benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee and low back disorders, Morton's neuroma of the left foot, chronic low back muscular strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0021265
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- Partly granted
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