Denied
The Board denied the claimant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded from the grants of service connection for bladder cancer and special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The September 2022 Rating Decision granting service connection for bladder cancer was not considered an initial decision as it followed a previous denial in February 2006, and thus fees were not eligible under the modernized review system.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099176
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