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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to address the reasonableness of the attorney's fee and its commutation method. The Board found the original fee of $$ 41,522.43$ was unreasonably low because it did not properly account for the applicant's Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). Consequently, the Board rescinded the prior order and awarded an attorney's fee of $$ 84,814.30$, to be commuted using the "uniformly increasing reduction method," finding this latter method to be in the applicant's best interest.
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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to address the reasonableness of the attorney's fee and its commutation method. The Board found the original fee of $$ 41,522.43$ was unreasonably low because it did not properly account for the applicant's Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). Consequently, the Board rescinded the prior order and awarded an attorney's fee of $$ 84,814.30$, to be commuted using the "uniformly increasing reduction method," finding this latter method to be in the applicant's best interest.
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