Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of eligibility to the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a September 28, 2023 rating decision for further action.
The deciding factor: The March 26, 2024 fee decision on appeal failed to inform the parties of the past-due benefits awarded from the September 28, 2023 rating decision, necessitating a remand to correct this pre-decisional error.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, Alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103623
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