The Board has determined that the Veteran's papillary thyroid cancer is related to his active service, and thus grants service connection for residuals of papillary thyroid cancer.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran’s papillary thyroid cancer was incurred in active service due to exposure to herbicide agents during his deployment in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- papillary thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19187454
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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- Denied
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