Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for thyroid cancer with residuals of thyroidectomy to have the Under Secretary for Health prepare a dose estimate as required under 38 C.F.R. § 3.311(a)(2)(iii).
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to the Veteran's claim of exposure to ionizing radiation during service.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid cancer with residuals of thyroidectomy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097064
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