The Board remands the case to verify in-service radiation exposure and obtain an addendum opinion regarding the relationship between thyroid disorders and such exposure.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary to verify the Veteran's claimed in-service radiation exposure and address all currently diagnosed thyroid conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Hyperparathyroidism, Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100521
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,162 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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