Granted
The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an April 2024 Rating Decision.
The deciding factor: Eligibility was met as the appellant complied with regulatory requirements and a supplemental claim resulted in an initial decision after February 19, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098704
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