The Board has granted service connection for an acoustic neuroma, finding that the most probative evidence shows it was incurred during active duty.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by private neurologists link the Veteran's in-service symptoms to his current acoustic neuroma diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- acoustic neuroma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2021
- Citation
- A21017917
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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