The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's thyroid cancer and presumed exposure to Agent Orange during service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not adequately address the appellant's submitted medical articles linking Agent Orange exposure with an increased prevalence of thyroid cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192501
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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.
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