Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for headaches, finding that the Veteran's claim was not pending prior to March 9, 2020.
The deciding factor: There was no separate unadjudicated claim for headaches since January 2011, and the Veteran did not file a valid substantive appeal after the denial of his headache claim in November 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097170
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