Thyroid disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded several other claims, including those for essential tremors (parkinsonism), psychiatric disability, hypothyroidism, hearing loss, ischemic heart disease, pulmonary/ respiratory disability, blood clots, and aortic aneurysm.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for sleep apnea, cholesterol disability, and thyroid disability due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement (NOD). The appeal regarding an increased rating for residuals status post gunshot wound, left ankle, was remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, remanding several issues for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder and radiculopathies of multiple extremities, due to insufficient evidence and the need for additional development.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, diabetes mellitus, type II, and hypothyroidism while granting increased ratings for peripheral neuropathy in the right and left lower extremities, hearing loss (left ear), and a compensable evaluation for scars, burns (2nd degree).

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) from May 13, 2022 to May 2, 2023 due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) solely due to service-connected persistent depressive disorder and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypothyroidism, COPD, OSA, sinusitis, and asthma due to a need for additional evidence regarding toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) under the PACT Act.

The Board granted an effective date of August 8, 2018, for the award of service connection for hypothyroidism.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for heart disorder and hypothyroidism due to pre-decision duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypothyroidism to schedule a new VA examination with an opinion on whether the Veteran's condition is related to her service, including exposure to burn pits.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to pre-decisional errors in not verifying periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with various reserve units and in obtaining adequate medical examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating for tinnitus or a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was also denied as there was no current diagnosis of PTSD or other mental health condition.

The Board dismissed several claims for service connection and a higher rating, including those for hypothyroidism, right achilles tendon strain, tinnitus, and erectile dysfunction.

The Board remands the service connection claim for thyroid disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in obtaining missing private treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for fibrodysplasia and denied service connection for bone cancer. The claim for a thyroid disability was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for alpha thalassemia, anemia, and hypothyroidism as secondary to anemia due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal in its entirety, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the appeal.

The Board granted an effective date of April 26, 2021, but no earlier, for service connection for coronary artery disease and a 30 percent rating from January 30, 2023, for hiatal hernia with Barrett's metaplasia with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), while denying an effective date prior to August 10, 2022, for service connection for hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for hypothyroidism, bradycardia, and hyperlipidemia as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty service or herbicide exposure.