The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, a malignant neoplasm of the brain, was incurred during his active duty service.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions provided by VA experts concluded that the Veteran's symptoms during service were not related to anaplastic astrocytoma and that the onset of the tumor could not be certain during his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Malignant neoplasm of the brain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2013
- Citation
- 1336353
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