The Board granted service connection for residuals of a head injury and adjustment disorder, resulting in retroactive benefits. Attorney fees are reasonable based on the complexity and success of the representation.
The deciding factor: The attorney provided substantial legal services that led to successful resolution of complex issues related to service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury, intracerebral hemorrhage due to aneurysm, weakness of the left upper extremity, weakness of the left lower extremity, weakness of the left side of the face, adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0112025
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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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