Granted
The veteran is eligible for direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded for service connection of fibromyalgia as secondary to a back disorder.
The deciding factor: The Federal Circuit's decision in Military-Veterans Advocacy v. Sec'y of Veterans Affairs invalidated the regulation limiting attorney fees in supplemental claims, allowing for fees even if the claim was filed more than one year after the initial rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- back disorder, fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002955
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