The Veteran's claims for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder and initial rating for hypothyroidism, status-post Graves' disease have been denied. The Veteran's claim for TDIU has also been denied.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that the Veteran’s diagnoses began during service or are otherwise related to his in-service thyroid condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including schizophrenia), Hypothyroidism status post Graves' disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19188739
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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