Partly granted
The Board granted the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in the portion of a January 2024 rating decision granting an increased 70 percent rating for a psychiatric disability, but denied it for service connection and assignment of an initial rating for OSA.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the grant of service connection for OSA was an initial decision with respect to this claim, while the grant of an increased rating for the psychiatric disability constituted continuous pursuit from a previous HLR request.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098228
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