Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of eligibility to the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a March 18, 2024 rating decision due to an initial decision that failed to inform the parties of the past-due benefits awarded.
The deciding factor: The fee decision did not document the past-due benefits awarded, necessitating a remand for correction of this pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, left elbow laceration
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094918
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