The Board found that the Veteran's cervical spine tumor was not incurred during service and is not related to events in service, including exposure to ionizing radiation. The evidence did not support a finding of continuity of symptomatology since service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that post-operative residuals of cervical spine astrocytoma-ependymoma with Brown-Sequard's syndrome were incurred during service or are related to events in service, including exposure to ionizing radiation; and the greater weight of the evidence is against finding that the spinal condition manifested to a compensable degree during or within one year following discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of cervical spine astrocytoma-ependymoma with Brown-Sequard's syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2018
- Citation
- 1812055
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's post-operative residuals of cervical spine astrocytoma-ependymoma with Brown-Sequard's syndrome did not meet the criteria for service connection, as there was no credible evidence of a continuity of symptomatology since service and no persuasive evidence that it manifested to a compensable degree within one year following discharge from service.
- Denied
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