The Board found that the Veteran's glioma, to include a tumor, was not incurred in or aggravated during service and may not be presumed to have been so incurred.
The deciding factor: The VHA opinion concluded it is less likely than not that the Veteran's status post left temporal glioma surgery (including tumor) was related to or caused by service
- Claimed conditions
- status/post left temporal glioma surgery, tumor
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1035462
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