The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to address emotional instability, cold intolerance, bradycardia, generalized decalcification of bones, and kidney stones. The claim will be readjudicated after this additional development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran needs another VA thyroid examination to assess specific symptoms not previously addressed by the July 2011 examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperthyroidism, residual hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1333551
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a medical opinion regarding whether her service-connected major depressive disorder and/or hyperthyroidism aggravated her sleep apnea.
- Granted
The Veteran's skin cancer and associated scars are not rated higher than noncompensable.,The Veteran's left adrenal gland adenoma, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction do not have a service connection due to lack of continuity of symptoms since service or evidence of a nexus with service.,Service connection for the acquired psychiatric disorder (major depressive disorder single episode unspecified and anxiety disorder unspecified) is granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's hyperthyroidism with thyroid enlargement, thyroiditis and multinodular goiter is related to service exposure during his tours in Iraq. The Board found the evidence at least in equipoise and granted service connection.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
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