Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection of various joint conditions as secondary to residuals of thyroidectomy and partial parathyroidectomy status post papillary thyroid cancer due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is warranted due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's claimed conditions and her service-connected thyroid cancer residuals/prescribed medication.
- Claimed conditions
- joint conditions of the bilateral hands, joint conditions of the bilateral feet, a back condition, a neck condition, joint pains of the bilateral ankles, joint pains of the bilateral knees, joint pains of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098698
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