The veteran's claim for service connection for headache syndrome was granted due to new and relevant evidence. The effective date for the veteran's major depressive disorder was denied as not earlier than March 28, 2022.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the receipt of new and relevant evidence for readjudication of the claim for headache syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- headache syndrome, major depressive disorder with other specified depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25000894
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 766 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions were granted effective from July 1, 2020.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for headache syndrome, finding that the evidence is in at least approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's headaches have more nearly approximated very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability throughout the period on appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for headache syndrome, as it is caused by the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and related benefits, as no clear and unmistakable error was found in the prior rating decisions and the evidence did not support an earlier effective date.
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