Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining an addendum medical opinion regarding the etiologies of the Veteran's thyroid and kidney cancers.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided did not fully address the requested information and were deemed inadequate to decide the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of thyroid cancer, residuals of kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- 25013557
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