The Board found that the veteran's thyroid nodule is not related to exposure to ionizing radiation during service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of radiation exposure in service, and the preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that the thyroid nodule was caused by such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Thyroid nodule
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0628041
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