The Board has determined that the veteran's thyroid condition is not due to any event or incident of his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence linking the veteran's current thyroid condition to his military service exposure, including environmental hazards on naval ships.
- Claimed conditions
- Thyroid Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2005
- Citation
- 0510260
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0510260.
What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome is denied as there is no current diagnosis of the condition.,Service connection for left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy and right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy is denied due to lack of in-service onset or link to service.,Service connection for thyroid condition is denied as there is no evidence linking the condition to service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board has granted readjudication of the previously denied claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, hypertension, and a thyroid condition due to new and relevant evidence. The appeal is dismissed for the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.,The appeals for hypertension and thyroid conditions are remanded as there was a failure to comply with the duty-to-assist.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, a thyroid condition, and an initial rating higher than 10 percent for hypertension. The evidence did not meet the criteria for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for PTSD was denied as there is no current diagnosis of PTSD.,The Veteran's claim for a Thyroid condition was denied because the evidence does not support a connection to service, including herbicide exposure.
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