The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased disability rating and extension of a temporary total disability rating based on surgical convalescence, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing bradycardia (less than 60 beats per minute) or severe postoperative residuals such as incompletely healed wounds, stumps of recent amputations, therapeutic immobilization of one major joint or more, application of a body cast, or the necessity for house confinement, or continued use of wheelchair or crutches.
- Claimed conditions
- hypothyroidism status post thyroidectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18101870
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What this means for you
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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 Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating and special monthly compensation based on housebound status, as there was no evidence of an increase in disability prior to March 21, 2024.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's hypothyroidism status post thyroidectomy is being remanded due to a lack of an adequate opinion regarding the relationship between his service and exposure to herbicide agents.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claim of a rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected hypothyroidism status post thyroidectomy, and thus remands the case.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tremors, gout, kidney stones and cyst, and hypothyroidism status post thyroidectomy, all of which are found to be related to herbicide exposure during service.
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