Thyroid disorder Board decisions

The Board found no evidence of a secondary disability resulting from the thyroidectomy and denied compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Veteran's eligibility for vocational rehabilitation benefits was denied because he does not have a serious employment handicap and there is no basis for extending the basic period of eligibility.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including VA examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected conditions and to determine if he has a current diagnosis of sleep apnea. The claims will be reviewed again after these developments.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and development of her claims.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a thyroid disability, and therefore service connection for a thyroid disability is denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded to obtain additional development, including verification of herbicide exposure and VA examinations.

The Board has granted service connection for papillary thyroid cancer, status post thyroidectomy.,The Board has also granted service connection for dissecting ascending aorta as secondary to the previously service-connected papillary thyroid cancer. However, both cervical and lumbar spine osteoarthritis claims have been denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic costochondritis, a hand condition, anemia, a wrist condition, arm pain, Reynaud's disease, mitral/tricuspid regurgitation, a shoulder condition, and residuals of a thyroidectomy have been dismissed. The remaining issues of service connection for sinusitis and insomnia are denied.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for a history of cerebral vascular accident, a history of myocardial infarction (claimed as heart attack), a hypothyroid disability, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral vascular disease prior to the Board's decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for lymphedema of the left leg, hypertension, and thyroid disorder in May 2005. The new evidence submitted since that decision does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims.,Service connection was also denied for diabetes mellitus and anemia as there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for residuals of pulmonary emboli, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating due to lack of evidence of significant respiratory dysfunction or other complications.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for hypothyroidism and granted the underlying claim, finding that there is sufficient evidence to establish a link between his current condition and his military service.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder, left foot plantar fasciitis and heel spur, right knee osteoarthritis, left knee osteoarthritis, hypothyroidism, iatrogenic, and hypertension have been granted service connection. The Veteran is entitled to a 10% rating for his left foot condition.

The Veteran's thyroid cancer is not due to his in-service radiation exposure or any other incident of his military service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional VA treatment records and to provide her with updated VA examinations for her thyroid disability and osteopenia.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including joint pain, tingling in fingertips, child birth defects, miscarriages, allergies/sinus disability, hyperthyroidism, Graves' disease, loss of voice, fibroid disability, neutropenia, iron deficiency anemia, and low blood count. The Board found that the evidence did not support a service connection for these conditions.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records from February 1997 to August 2006 and since March 2012. The appeal is now pending again with the AOJ.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling the Veteran with appropriate VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's claimed disabilities, including thyroid disability, skin disability, peripheral neuropathy, coldness of the feet, breathing disability, insomnia, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, all of which were deemed not attributable to active service.

The Veteran's tinnitus is related to service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition. The Board finds that there is sufficient evidence to support a finding of direct service connection for his neck, back, left knee, right knee, and thyroid conditions.