Denied
The claim for an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 50 percent disability rating for tension headaches was denied, and the claim for TDIU based on a single service-connected disability was remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not establish continuous pursuit of the initial rating assigned to her service-connected headaches with her March 2021 claims, and it is not factually ascertainable that her headaches increased in severity within the year preceding receipt of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25089024
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