The Veteran's brain tumors are found to be caused by an event not reasonably foreseeable, and he is granted compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for his brain tumors.
The deciding factor: The VHA examiner concluded that the Veteran's brain tumors were likely caused by an event not reasonably foreseeable, such as exposure to radiation from CT scans during treatment for pseudotumor cerebri in 1983-1984.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain tumors, Blindness in the left eye, Loss of use of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2012
- Citation
- 1234635
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- Denied
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- Denied
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