The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of tension headaches secondary to cervical spondylosis, finding no legal basis for such a request.
The deciding factor: There is no legal basis for an effective date prior to August 3, 2004, for the grant of service connection for tension headaches as there are no informal claims or other evidence indicating intent to apply for this benefit before that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension Headaches, Cervical Spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1009914
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