The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in an October 2023 rating decision granting a TDIU effective August 2022.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had continuously pursued the issue of entitlement to a higher initial rating for the acquired psychiatric disorder, including entitlement to TDIU, and the August 2022 filing of a VA Form 8940 was part of this pursuit. Therefore, the direct payment of fees is warranted.
- 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 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25041142
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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