The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected total thyroidectomy for poorly differentiated follicular carcinoma should be restored to a 100% rating, given the ongoing need for therapeutic treatment despite the cancer being in remission.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that while the cancer was currently in remission, the veteran continued to require lifelong thyroid hormone replacement therapy due to difficulties stabilizing his medication levels.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid cancer, hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0018861
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