The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for papillary thyroid carcinoma, including his exposure to ionizing radiation during service.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for an advisory medical opinion and the retrieval of private treatment records to determine the etiology of the Veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- papillary thyroid carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19164510
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for papillary thyroid carcinoma, hypothyroidism, and hypertension. The Board found that the Veteran's current conditions were not related to his military service.
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