The Board denied service connection for a benign tumor of the right leg as there is no evidence linking it to active service.
The deciding factor: The competent evidence does not indicate that the Veteran's benign tumor of the right leg was attributable to his time in service, and the first documentation of such a condition occurred many years after discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- benign tumor of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0910031
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's benign tumor of the right leg was found to have pre-existed service and was aggravated by active duty. The Board granted his claim for service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a VA examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's claimed benign tumor of the right leg and whether it was aggravated by service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further adjudication due to a need for additional development of evidence, including a VA examination. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on all available information.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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