Granted
The Board granted the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of fees from past due benefits awarded in an April 2024 rating decision granting service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The January 2024 denial of the July 2023 Supplemental Claim, which sought the same or similar benefit as the April 2024 grant, triggered the appellant's ability to charge fees under AMA rules.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089182
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