Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date than May 3, 2021 for service connection of traumatic brain injury with posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder, as well as for Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit a formal claim for TBI before May 3, 2021, nor did the record developed in the Veteran's August 2014 and September 2017 claims for other disabilities raise the issue of entitlement to service connection to TBI as a secondary issue.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003165
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