The Board has determined that the Veteran's current thyroid disability is not related to his service, including exposure to herbicides. The claim for skin cancer residuals was also denied as there is no evidence of a nexus between the condition and service.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to link the Veteran's thyroid nodules to his service, including exposure to herbicide.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1720748
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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