Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a thyroid condition, finding that there is no medical evidence linking the condition to his active duty service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The October 2024 VA medical opinion concluded that the Veteran's diagnosed thyroid conditions were less likely than not related to service and conceded herbicide exposure due to lack of diagnostic support and absence of a confirmed benign nature of the nodules.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- 25003277
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