The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to provide proper notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing before the AOJ, as required by regulatory and statutory duties.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not include notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing in the initial decision, which is necessary under regulatory requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2026
- Citation
- A26040415
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a thyroid disability, including hypothyroidism and goiter, finding that it is related to herbicide exposure during active duty in Vietnam.
- Granted
The Veteran's cause of death was hyperkalemia, hemolytic anemia, and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. His Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia substantially contributed to his death.,Service connection for tremors is granted with an effective date of April 11, 2012.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found a pre-decisional duty to assist error and remanded the claims for further examination and opinion regarding service connection for throat cancer, mouth disability, thyroid disability, and esophagus disability. The Veteran's symptoms of sore throat in service are noted, but no medical nexus opinions were provided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for chest muscle spasm, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), thyroid disability, and a disability manifest by fatigue are being remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.,Specifically, the Board finds that an examination is needed to address whether the Veteran's claimed conditions are related to his service-connected disabilities or any other potential toxic exposures.
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