GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in a February 2023 rating decision granting service connection for bladder and abdominal cancers.
The deciding factor: The appellant was the Veteran's validly appointed representative at the time he personally filed the December 2022 AMA claim for 'stage IV cancer' seeking the same benefit under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder cancer, abdominal cancers
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003694
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