Denied
The Board denied the appellant's request for direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in a March 2023 rating decision granting entitlement to a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the December 2022 EZ claim for increased ratings and TDIU was an initial claim, not a request for review of a previous AOJ decision, and thus there is no entitlement to attorney fees associated with an initial decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25005730
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