Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to February 5, 2021, for the grant of service connection for major cognitive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not continuously pursue the claim by timely filing any review options within one year of the July 2019 denial or request an extension of the time limit for filing such options.
- Claimed conditions
- major cognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105942
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