The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 60% rating for hyperthyroidism is denied. The claim for a higher rating for hyperthyroidism from April 27, 2016 is also denied.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of hyperthyroidism with accompanying symptoms such as thyroid enlargement, tachycardia (more than 100 beats per minute), eye involvement, muscular weakness, loss of weight, sympathetic nervous system, or cardiovascular or gastrointestinal symptoms throughout the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Hyperthyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19121719
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's abdominal scar status post nephrectomy and remanded claims for an increased evaluation for service-connected nephrectomy status post cancer and service connection for hyperthyroidism.
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