The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Graves’ disease, finding that there is insufficient medical evidence to establish a relationship between his condition and herbicide exposure during service.
The deciding factor: VA found that while the Veteran has Graves' disease, there is no sufficient peer-reviewed medical evidence to support a link between his condition and herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Graves’ disease, hyperthyroidism with ophthalmic complications
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19153603
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied the claim for service connection for Graves’ disease as there is no evidence linking it to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded two cases: one for Graves' disease and the other for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, both related to in-service exposure to radiation from missile control systems. The examiner is required to determine if these conditions are at least as likely as not caused by this exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a thyroid disorder to include Graves' disease and hyperthyroidism, finding that there was no evidence of such conditions during her active duty service or continuous since service. The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that the condition was related to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's Graves' disease and hypothyroidism are granted as service connected due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
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