The Board has determined that the Veteran's thyroid cancer is causally related to his presumed exposure to herbicide agents, specifically Agent Orange. As a result, service connection for medullary thyroid cancer is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran’s thyroid cancer is caused by Agent Orange exposure during service, with both positive and negative opinions provided by medical experts supporting different conclusions.
- Claimed conditions
- medullary thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21013503
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for medullary thyroid cancer, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and finds that there is sufficient evidence to establish a causal link between the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange during service and his fatal medullary thyroid cancer.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death due to medullary thyroid cancer, finding that there was no evidence linking it to service or herbicide exposure. The veteran's cause of death was attributed to metastatic medullary thyroid cancer.
- Granted
The Board of Veterans' Appeals has granted service connection for PTSD and Mood Disorders, both presumed conditions under the PACT Act.
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