The Board has granted service connection for residual, mumps and meningitis, finding that the conditions are related to the Veteran's period of active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that both conditions (residual, mumps and meningitis) are at least as likely as not due to events during the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residual, mumps, meningitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2019
- Citation
- A19002072
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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