The Board has granted the attorney's request for payment of past-due attorney fees related to a temporary total rating for left shoulder surgery, as the criteria were met. The benefits have already been granted and no further action is required.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the criteria for payment of attorney fees had been met based on the award of the temporary total rating for the Veteran's left shoulder surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- left rotator cuff strain, left shoulder torn labrum, left shoulder tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19196401
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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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