Thyroid disorder decisions — 2004
105 indexed Board decisions in 2004.
Badges describe the whole decision, not the outcome for every condition listed. An appeal can grant one issue and deny or remand another. Check the original decision for each issue; these outcomes do not predict your claim.
- Whole decision: GrantedJanuary 2004
The Board has granted service connection and an initial disability rating of 10 percent for Graves' disease with associated hypothyroidism, effective from August 28, 2000.
- Whole decision: DeniedJanuary 2004
The Board denied the appellant's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected hypothyroidism with organic brain syndrome dementia, finding that the current 60 percent rating adequately reflects the severity of his disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)January 2004
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development and readjudication of the initial ratings for hypothyroidism, bilateral knee strain, and residuals of a fracture of the left fifth metacarpal bone.
- Whole decision: DeniedJanuary 2004
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for squamous cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, and thyroid carcinoma (claimed as throat cancer), finding no evidence of these conditions during or within one year after service. The Board also noted that there was no positive association between exposure to herbicides and any other condition.
- Whole decision: GrantedJanuary 2004
The Board has granted service connection for chronic central nervous system symptoms, but denied the remaining claims on appeal.
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