The Board found that non-malignant thyroid nodular disease was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service as a chronic disease or as a disease subject to the presumption of service connection due to radiation-risk activity.
The deciding factor: The dose estimate did not support a finding of exposure to ionizing radiation that could cause thyroid nodules, and the Veteran's dose was lower than the value cited by the Chief Medical Director.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-malignant thyroid nodular disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2009
- Citation
- 0948196
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has restored service connection for non-malignant thyroid nodular disease as it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected euthyroid goiter.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for non-malignant thyroid nodular disease as a result of exposure to ionizing radiation has been remanded due to the need for further development and consideration.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for non-malignant thyroid nodular disease and parathyroid adenoma, finding that the diseases did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection due to exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's non-malignant thyroid nodular disease, malignant melanoma of the left eye, and bilateral posterior subcapsular cataracts were not incurred in or aggravated by military service, nor may they be presumed to have been incurred therein.
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