The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for postoperative residuals of an excision of a meningioma with blindness of the left eye and surgical scarring, finding that there was no evidence linking the condition to military service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the veteran's brain tumor was present in service or related to service. The VA examiner opined that it is not as likely than not that the head trauma sustained during combat caused the meningioma.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of an excision of a meningioma, blindness of the left eye, surgical scarring
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0629918
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