Partly granted
The Board awarded an effective date of March 8, 2021 for migraine headaches and a rating of 10 percent for service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI), but denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the first claim filed within one year of the Intent to File Claim, which was attributed to the Veteran's July 2021 TBI claim instead of his January 2022 lumbosacral strain claim.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), non-allergic rhinitis, radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity, lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090761
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