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FeeAgreementatpara.5.InVargasGonzalezv.West,theCourtfound"'unreasonable'under @ section7263(d),becauseitconflictswith[38U.S.C.]5301(a)and5904(d)(3)",anddeclaredunenforceableafeeagreementprovisionvirtuallyidenticaltothatquotedabove.VargasGonzalez,   12Vet.App.63,64(1998)(percuriamorder);seealso󛀜38U.S.C.5301(a)(prohibitingany ! assignmentorattachmentof,orclaimofcreditorsagainst"[p]aymentsofbenefitsdueortobecomedue...excepttotheextentspecificallyauthorizedbylaw");38U.S.C.5904(d)(3)(providing #! exceptiontosection5301(a)topermitVAbenefitstobewithheldbytheSecretaryforthepurposeofpayingattorneyfeesbutonlyunderspecifiedconditions;however,"[i]nnoeventmaytheSecretarywithholdforthepurposeofsuchpaymentanyportionofbenefitspayableforaperiodafterthedateofthefinaldecisionoftheSecretary,theBoardofVeterans'Appeals,ortheCourtofϜAppealsforVeteransClaimsmaking(ororderingthemakingof)theaward"));Aronson P(#& v.Derwinski,3Vet.App.162,16364(1992)(percuriamorder).TheCourtthusholdsthatthelien @)$' provisionintheinstantfeeagreementis"unreasonable"undersection7263(d),becauseitconflictswithsections5301(a)and5904(d)(3),andisthusunenforceable.  Onconsiderationoftheforegoing,itis -@),    ORDEREDthat,notlaterthan30daysafterthedateofthisorder,theappellantfileanamendedfeeagreementthatcomplieswiththisorder,38U.S.C.5301(a)and5904(d)(3),andVargasGonzalez,supra.Itisfurther  % ; % @   ORDEREDthatthiscasebeheldinabeyancependingreceiptofsucharevisedfeeagreement orfurtherorderoftheCourt .̜DATED:񀀀June9,2000      % )    h     PERCURIAM.% >