Granted
Eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a March 19, 2024, RO decision is granted.
The deciding factor: The appellant's May 26, 2023, request for higher level review kept the claim in continuous pursuit, triggering eligibility to attorney fees.
- 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 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25044386
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.
What you can do next
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