Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for dermatitis, finding that November 15, 2022, was the correct effective date.
The deciding factor: The February 2022 intent to file did not survive once a formal claim was filed in May 2022, and the November 2022 claim for dermatitis was considered the first valid application for that condition after the earlier intent to file had been extinguished.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085154
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