Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for neck scar, xerostomia, and heart arrhythmia as secondary to thyroid cancer but remanded the issue of an initial compensable evaluation for thyroid cancer.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current symptoms are proximately due to his service-connected thyroid cancer according to the April 2024 VA examination report.
- Claimed conditions
- neck scar status post thyroidectomy, xerostomia, heart arrhythmia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091857
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