Thyroid disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to outstanding private treatment records and incomplete VA opinions regarding his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's hypothyroidism is not service connected, and has remanded the cases for further examination and opinion regarding CVA and carotid bruit.

The Board has remanded the case for further development related to a claim of CUE in the May 2012 rating decision and an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for hypothyroidism with bradycardia.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including basal cell carcinoma and other neurological and endocrine disorders, due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service. The VA will obtain updated treatment records and provide medical opinions regarding the relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's presumed exposure.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and verifying service periods. The Veteran's right knee, left knee, right ankle, sleep disorder, and thyroid disorder are all being reviewed.

The Board has determined that there was no substantial compliance with its July 2019 remand directives and has therefore ordered a new examination to determine the etiology of the throat disability, which may be related to the service-connected GERD.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, Hodgkin's disease, and hypothyroidism due to incomplete medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to his exposure to microwave and radio-frequency radiation and/or ionizing radiation, as these conditions have not been properly addressed by VA.

The Veteran's hypothyroidism is rated as 100 percent disabling since August 1, 2016.,Special monthly compensation at the housebound rate under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) is granted from August 1, 2016.,The claim of entitlement to TDIU is dismissed.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render her unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment until December 22, 2011. The Board denied entitlement to TDIU for the periods specified.

The Veteran's service connection claims for a colon condition and throat conditions (other than tracheal lesions status post tracheostomy) are denied. The Board finds the evidence does not support a finding that these conditions had onset in or are otherwise related to service, including exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and needs further examination to determine if the Veteran's current conditions are related to her service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to Gulf War Undiagnosed Illness for hypothyroidism, hypertension, a respiratory disability, and hematuria. The appeal is based on new evidence submitted after the previous SSOC.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for thyroid, bowel, and bladder disabilities to obtain additional medical opinions addressing the etiology of these conditions. The Veteran's claim will be readjudicated after the additional development.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for hypothyroidism, sinusitis, and chondromalacia of the right knee are being remanded due to incomplete records and inadequate examination reports.

The Board has remanded the claims for ischemic heart disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, skin cancer, diabetes mellitus, and thyroid cancer due to insufficient evidence of herbicide exposure during service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for prostate, hypothyroidism, gastrointestinal disability, and gastroesophageal reflux disease due to lack of evidence regarding their etiology.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's eye disability, acquired psychiatric disability (including panic disorder without agoraphobia), prostate cancer, chronic autoimmune urticaria/angioedema, and hypothyroidism (claimed as thyroid cancer) due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.,The Board also denied service connection for hearing loss.

The appeal on the issue of service connection for peripheral vascular disease, variously claimed as due to exposure to microwaves is dismissed.,The appeal on the issue of service connection for blood clots, variously claimed as due to exposure to microwaves is dismissed.,The appeal on the issue of service connection for thyroid disability (hyperthyroidism), variously claimed as due to exposure to microwaves is dismissed.