Granted
The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in a May 2023 rating decision granting service connection for tinnitus, GERD and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy.
The deciding factor: VA is obligated to directly pay the appellant 20 percent of past due benefits awarded in the May 2023 rating decision as per the direct-pay fee agreement.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), bilateral lower extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019796
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