The Board found that the Veteran's thyroid cancer and asthmatic bronchitis are not service connected, as there is no evidence of in-service injury or disease, and the conditions do not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection based on exposure to herbicides, ionizing radiation, or asbestos.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's thyroid cancer was less likely than not incurred in or caused by an in-service injury, event, or illness. The Board also found no evidence of exposure to ionizing radiation during service and thus denied presumptive service connection for thyroid cancer based on such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid cancer, asthmatic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2018
- Citation
- 1814203
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