The Board granted the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in a March 2024 rating decision granting an increased 50 percent rating for pes planus.
The deciding factor: The appellant represented the Veteran in a claim filed within one year of the November 2022 rating decision that assigned an initial rating, while the March 2024 rating decision awarded an increased rating from the date of that January 2023 VA 21-526EZ claim.
- 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 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25046962
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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