The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, including obtaining medical opinions regarding service connection for thyroid condition and initial compensable rating for nasal septoplasty residuals.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's thyroid disability was incurred in or related to service, and whether his nasal septoplasty residuals meet the criteria for an initial compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Pneumothorax, Thyroid condition, Nasal septoplasty residuals
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18140597
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a thyroid condition and remanded claims for a left thigh/femur condition and gastrointestinal condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for Graves' disease and a thyroid condition to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a thyroid condition, finding that there is no evidence to support a direct or secondary relationship between his current thyroid condition and his military service or any service-connected disabilities. The Board also found that obesity did not qualify as an intermediary step in establishing secondary service connection.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a thyroid condition and an increased disability rating for dysphagia have been dismissed as the issues were not properly appealed.
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