Dismissed
The appeal of the duty to assist error identified during the higher-level review for a claim of service connection for a headache disability was dismissed because it was not a final, appealable decision.
The deciding factor: The April 2025 rating decision did not adjudicate the issue of entitlement to service connection for headaches; instead, it found evidence of a duty to assist error. Therefore, the Notice of Disagreement could not be accepted as this was not a final, appealable decision.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106651
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