The Board has determined that the veteran's former attorney was entitled to payment of attorney fees from past-due benefits, and 20 percent of those past-due benefits have been withheld for this purpose.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the terms of a contingent fee contract between the veteran and his former attorney, which provided for payment of 20% of past-due benefits if the attorney continued to represent the veteran until the case was completed.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0614918
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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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