Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a thyroid condition to obtain additional evidence regarding potential toxic exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The failure to adequately develop the record, including obtaining a TERA specific examination, constitutes a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid condition (claimed as multiple thyroid nodules, throat condition, multinodular goiter)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108357
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