The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for headaches, as there is no basis under the governing criteria to establish that the Veteran is legally entitled to an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The April 2009 VA treatment records were considered in a prior rating decision and did not warrant a grant of service connection. The most probative evidence of record persuasively weighs against the claim of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for headaches prior to June 8, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100643
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