Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for her 70% rating of traumatic brain injury. The increase in disability was not factually ascertainable within one year before the claim.
The deciding factor: The increase in disability was not factually ascertainable within the one-year period preceding the January 5, 2023 receipt of her claim for an increased rating.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001527
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