Partly granted
The Board denied eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a July 2024 rating decision, as it pertains to the grant of service connection for COPD and basic eligibility to DEA, but granted eligibility for attorney fees related to an increased disability rating of 60 percent for cirrhosis of the liver with hepatitis.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the July 2024 rating decision was not based on a prior claim or appeal and thus did not meet the criteria for attorney fee eligibility in those cases, but it did grant an increased disability rating for cirrhosis of the liver which met the criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- COPD with sleep apnea, cirrhosis of the liver with hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098238
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