The Board found that the veteran's brain tumor is likely to have originated during his military service and granted service connection for it.
The deciding factor: The evidence, including pathology reports and medical opinions, suggested a high probability that the brain tumor began during or before 1975, coinciding with the veteran's period of active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain tumor
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0023930
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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.
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