Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than April 24, 2024, for the award of service connection for hypertension.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence that could be interpreted as a pending claim for service connection prior to April 24, 2024.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107695
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