The Board denied service connection for a cranial meningioma, finding no evidence of in-service incurrence or nexus to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a causal relationship between the current disorder and service due to lack of in-service symptoms and absence of evidence linking it to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- cranial meningioma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25004882
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