The Board remanded the claim for service connection of thyroid cancer residuals due to duty-to-assist errors. The Veteran's exposure to radiation during military service will be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address key evidence provided by the Veteran, necessitating a remand to correct this error.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid cancer residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25000882
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 734 · Granted: 31% (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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