The Board found that the veteran's claimed disabilities were not caused by his in-service exposure to ionizing radiation and denied service connection for multinodular goiter, recurrent parotitis, and related conditions.
The deciding factor: VA determined that there was no reasonable possibility that the veteran's multinodular goiter or parotitis could be attributed to occupational exposure to ionizing radiation during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- multinodular goiter, recurrent parotitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0804683
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