Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for migraine headaches, as the evidence did not support a claim prior to August 10, 2022.
The deciding factor: The September 2022 VA examination did not reasonably raise the claim for headaches, and there was no intent to file of record before November 30, 2022. The effective date is based on the implementation of the PACT Act on August 10, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009678
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