Denied
The Board denied the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded from a May 2022 rating decision that assigned a higher disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The deciding factor: The February 2022 claim was not treated as a supplemental claim, and thus the May 2022 rating decision was an initial decision with respect to the new claim for benefits submitted in February 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009712
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