Denied
The Board denied the appellant's eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits from the October 2024 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The October 2024 rating decision was an initial decision with respect to the case, and attorney fees are not warranted when past-due monetary benefits arise from the AOJ's initial adjudication of a 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
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103503
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