The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of headaches disorder and tinea versicolor disorder, as the evidence did not support a claim prior to June 28, 2022.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence does not demonstrate the Veteran filed a valid formal or informal claim, or intent to file a claim, or continuously pursued the claims for tinea versicolor and headaches disorders prior to June 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches disorder, tinea versicolor disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25044362
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 831 · Granted: 48% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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