Thyroid disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the claims for thyroid cancer, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, a condition of the bilateral lower extremities, and an acquired psychiatric condition due to inadequate opinions regarding service connection.,The Veteran's claims are being remanded for additional VA examinations and opinions on the etiology of his conditions.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant readjudication of the claims for service connection for PTSD, thyroid nodule condition, and peripheral neuropathy. The issues are being remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and need for further development, including VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for OSA, right elbow disorder, bilateral shoulder disorders, and hypothyroidism. The denial is based on the lack of a medical nexus between these conditions and service or any service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for service connection has been reopened, and the issues of entitlement to service connection for various musculoskeletal disabilities have been remanded. The claims for soft tissue sarcomas and thyroid disorder are also being remanded.

The Veteran's service connection claim for hypothyroidism is granted due to exposure to herbicide agents in the Republic of Vietnam, and his condition has become manifest to a compensable degree.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions are being remanded due to the need for additional medical evaluations and opinions regarding the relationship between his claimed disabilities and active service, including exposure to Camp Lejeune contaminated water.

The Veteran's service connection claim for hypothyroidism due to exposure to Agent Orange is granted.

The Veteran's TBI is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error where the VA examiner did not address whether his bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, sleep apnea, hypertension, unspecified neurocognitive disorder, cold intolerance and fatigue due to hyperthyroidism, Grave's disease, transient memory loss, nocturnal leg cramps, right upper extremity tingling and numbness, dizziness are related to his TBI. A retrospective opinion is needed.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection on five different conditions were dismissed due to his death.

The Board has remanded the case due to new information and evidence, including a request for a TERA medical opinion and an addendum VA medical opinion regarding service connection for a pituitary gland tumor. The Veteran's current hypothyroidism is granted as service-connected.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted as secondary to his service-connected chronic kidney disease.,Service connection for hypothyroidism is granted due to exposure during service, not a preexisting condition.,Bilateral cataracts are denied as the evidence does not show they are related to service.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for further action due to insufficient assistance in obtaining private treatment records and an inadequate medical opinion.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for thyroid enlargement and a permanent 100% disability rating for prostate cancer is denied. The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a disability eligible for presumptive service connection due to exposure to herbicides, and his prostate cancer is considered static in nature.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding thyroid cancer and hypothyroidism. The Veteran's hypothyroidism is presumed to be related to his service in Vietnam, but he has not been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress is granted a 50 percent rating, effective from the date of the decision. The appeal for service connection for cognitive decrease secondary to hypothyroidism has been granted as new and relevant evidence has been presented.

The Veteran's type II diabetes, prostate cancer, IHD, and hypothyroidism are granted service connection based on exposure to herbicide agents in the Korean DMZ. Service connection for ED is also granted as secondary to his prostate cancer.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hypothyroidism is due to his presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a thyroid condition and gastrointestinal condition due to potential exposure to ionizing radiation during active service. The Veteran's current conditions are being evaluated further by VA medical examination.

The Veteran's initial compensable evaluation for service-connected hypothyroidism is being remanded due to a duty to assist error.