The Board has granted the veteran's claim of service connection for residuals of a head injury, including a brain tumor.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted to reopen the veteran's claim, allowing for consideration of the merits of his case.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury, brain tumor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0018569
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a brain tumor as it is not etiologically related to the Veteran's active duty or his service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a brain tumor, finding no evidence linking the condition to the Veteran's active service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hernia, brain tumor, heart, esophagus, kidney, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and thyroid. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was remanded.
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