The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, migraine headaches, tinnitus, and hypertension were denied in a January 2016 rating decision. The effective date of the awards was granted on June 8, 2020, for CFS, migraine headaches, and tinnitus, and February 25, 2020, for hypertension.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for hypertension is granted as of January 11, 2020. The claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, migraine headaches, and tinnitus are denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not support granting an earlier effective date prior to June 8, 2020, for the awards of service connection for CFS, migraine headaches, and tinnitus. The Veteran's claims were previously denied in a final January 2016 rating decision.,An effective date of January 11, 2020, is granted for the award of service connection for hypertension as this was the earliest possible effective date given the timing of the supplemental claim filed on January 11, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome, migraine headaches, tinnitus, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24052597
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