Denied
The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for cause of death, finding that no valid claim was received within one year of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The earliest claim identified by the Board was on March 31, 2022, and there is no evidence of a claim received within a year of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097427
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