The Board granted service connection for thyroid cancer, finding it to be related to the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune during his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence supported a finding that the Veteran's thyroid cancer is related to his in-service contaminated water exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090262
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Decisions by this judge: 828 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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