Denied
The appellant is not eligible to the direct payment of attorney fees based on past due benefits awarded in a June 2024 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The December 2023 VA Form 21-8940 was a new claim for increased ratings, and the June 2024 rating decision was not issued in response to a supplemental claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25101192
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