The Board has granted service connection for thyroid dysfunction and opthalmopathy, both secondary to Graves disease incurred as a result of exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: Graves disease was determined to be related to exposure to Agent Orange, and the current diagnoses of hypothyroidism and opthalmopathy are related to this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid dysfunction, Graves disease, opthalmopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2007
- Citation
- 0704128
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