The Board has granted service connection for stroke and seizures as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected postoperative craniotomy for resection of parasagittal meningioma. The claim for traumatic arthritis, right ankle, is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding its relationship to the service-connected medial collateral disruption, right knee, postoperative.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran has a current disability (stroke and seizures) that is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected postoperative craniotomy for resection of parasagittal meningioma. The claim for traumatic arthritis, right ankle, was remanded as there was insufficient evidence regarding its relationship to the service-connected medial collateral disruption, right knee, postoperative.
- Claimed conditions
- stroke, seizures, traumatic arthritis, right ankle
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149009
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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