The appellant is eligible for direct payment of agent fees based on the July 2024 grant of an increased rating for ischemic heart disease and a total disability rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, but not for the grant of an increased rating for other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder with unspecified depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The July 2024 rating decision was not the initial decision on the issue of an increased rating for ischemic heart disease or total disability rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, but it was the initial decision on the issue of an increased rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095841
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