The Veteran's basal cell carcinoma and sphenoidal meningioma were not incurred or aggravated in service.,Service connection for a neck disorder, back disorder, and right leg disorder was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the claimed conditions to service, including exposure to herbicides or shell fragment wounds sustained during active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Basal cell carcinoma, Sphenoidal meningioma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2011
- Citation
- 1143054
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