Granted
The Board granted service connection for pituitary adenoma and its secondary conditions: chronic headache disability, right eye blindness, left eye partial blindness, seizure disorder, hypothyroidism, pituitary insufficiency, gynecomastia, and diabetes insipidus.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's pituitary adenoma had onset in service and caused or aggravated his secondary conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- status post excision and resection of pituitary gland adenoma (pituitary adenoma), chronic headache disability, right eye blindness, left eye partial blindness, seizure disorder, hypothyroidism, pituitary insufficiency, gynecomastia, diabetes insipidus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086461
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