Granted
The Board granted service connection for thyroid cancer, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance regarding whether it is directly related to the Veteran's in-service herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The competing lay and medical evidence was found to be approximately balanced, and the benefit of the doubt doctrine applied in favor of the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid cancer status post thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011292
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