The Board has remanded both issues due to incomplete development regarding the Veteran's claimed exposure to radiation during service.
The deciding factor: Incomplete verification of the Veteran's reported exposure to ionizing radiation during his active duty service is required.
- Claimed conditions
- status post hemithyroidectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2022
- Citation
- 22019139
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection and temporary total evaluation were dismissed due to his death.
- Denied
The Veteran's thyroid cancer was not incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred due to exposure to ionizing radiation. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of causation.
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