The Board granted service connection for trigeminal neuralgia and meningioma, finding that the evidence was at least in approximate balance as to whether these conditions were related to an injury during ACDUTRA.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA examiner provided a complete rationale, concluding that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's trigeminal neuralgia and meningioma are related to his period of ACDUTRA.
- Claimed conditions
- trigeminal neuralgia, meningioma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25036904
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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