The Board denied service connection for brain cancer, finding that the Veteran did not experience an in-service injury or disease of the brain and that symptoms were not chronic in service. Brain cancer was not otherwise related to service.
The deciding factor: Brain cancer was not diagnosed until several decades after service discharge and is not a presumptive condition associated with herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain Cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20049591
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- Remanded (sent back)
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