The Board denied the attorney's request for fees due to the lack of work performed after a final decision in October 1997, and found that any fee charged was excessive and unreasonable.
The deciding factor: The attorney did not perform any work following the October 1997 final Board decision related to the claim of clear and unmistakable error in a June 14, 1979 rating decision which reduced the veteran's 100 percent schedular rating to 60 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0120125
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What this means for you
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