The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to unresolved issues regarding etiology and additional development of the evidence is required.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence currently of record is insufficient to resolve the claim for service connection for the Veteran's thyroid disability, and further medical opinion-based on full consideration of the Veteran's documented medical history and assertions, and supported by complete, clearly-stated rationale-is needed to resolve the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis with papillary carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2018
- Citation
- 1828376
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient reasoning and lack of clarity in the October 2019 addendum opinion. The Veteran's thyroid condition is related to his exposure to chemical solvents, but the causal link between TCE and thyroid cancer remains unclear. Sleep apnea is secondary to Hashimoto's thyroiditis with papillary carcinoma.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to missing service treatment records, particularly from the Veteran's duty stations in South Carolina and New York. The claims will be reconsidered after obtaining these records.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to issues related to service connection, including a heart valve disorder and sleep apnea syndrome. The thyroid disorder claim is also pending.
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