The Board has determined that the Veteran's current thyroid cancer residuals were incurred in service, and thus grants service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: Dr. Rock provided a competent opinion linking the thyroid cancer and its residuals directly to service exposure, outweighing any contrary opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1041651
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining an addendum medical opinion regarding the etiologies of the Veteran's thyroid and kidney cancers.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for thyroid cancer, to include as due to exposure to ionizing radiation, for a TERA opinion under the PACT Act.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for residuals of thyroid cancer was dismissed due to untimeliness and lack of jurisdiction.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for thyroid cancer, nerves (claimed as anxiety/mood swings), and sleep apnea.
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