The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of thyroid cancer was reopened and granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of skin cancer is remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence, including private treatment records and a VA examination report, supports the reopening and granting of the claim for residuals of thyroid cancer. The exposure to radiation during military service may be related to the development of thyroid cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of thyroid cancer, residuals of skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178525
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
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- 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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension, Parkinsonism, residuals of skin cancer, actinic keratosis, and non-specific dermatitis based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of residuals of skin cancer to obtain an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's basal cell skin cancer is related to active-duty service, including in-service exposure to sunlight.
- 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.
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