The Veteran's claim for service connection for status post hemithyroidectomy, including as due to radiation exposure, is remanded. The issue of a temporary total evaluation for the same condition is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The regional office failed to verify the reported exposure to ionizing radiation during active service and must undertake this development on remand.
- Claimed conditions
- status post hemithyroidectomy, thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20046898
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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.
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