Legal Opinion
Mason v. Shinseki
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 21, 2014No. 19-1488PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHEN, Circuit Judge.
When an attorney successfully represents a veteran, the Veterans Administration (“VA”) may, under certain circumstances, directly pay reasonable legal fees to the attorney from any past-due benefits awarded to the veteran. 38 U.S.C. § 5904(d). The VA pays the full award of past-due benefits to the veteran, however, when an attorney’s direct-fee request is denied.' This appeal addresses how long an attorney has to file a notice of disagreement (“NOD”) with the VA to challenge its denial of a direct-fee request. For most types of claims, that period is one year. See 38…
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