The Veteran is eligible for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits from a December 2023 rating decision that awarded an increased 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 VA Form 21-526EZ claims form was accepted as a supplemental claim, allowing the December 2023 rating decision to be considered not the initial decision with respect to the case, and thus eligible for an attorney fee.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergic Rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25056024
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis, service connection for chronic sinusitis and bilateral tinnitus, granted a 50 percent initial rating for PTSD, and remanded the claims for an increased rating for PTSD and service connection for a somatic disorder.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and obstructive sleep apnea, and the initial evaluation for PTSD was increased to 70 percent. Chronic fatigue syndrome was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for allergic rhinitis and service connection for chronic sinusitis due to a lack of evidence supporting these conditions.
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