The Board has granted service connection for thyroiditis, finding that it is etiologically related to the Veteran's active military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's current thyroid condition is as likely as not due to military-based chemical exposures he received while working in the lab for many years in the military.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroiditis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2014
- Citation
- 1420669
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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 Board dismissed the appeal as to the proposal to sever service connection for hypothyroidism because it was not a final rating decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by a disability incurred or aggravated in service, and he did not meet the eligibility requirements for a VA pension.
- Denied
The claim for service connection for thyroiditis has been denied as new and material evidence was not received. The claims for reopening of service connection for other conditions have been granted.
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