The Board has granted service connection for hypothyroidism on a presumptive basis as the evidence is at least evenly balanced that the Veteran's condition manifested to a compensable degree within one year of separation from active service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's excessive fatigue symptoms since his separation from active service in 2012 are sufficient to establish manifestation of hypothyroidism to a compensable degree under the previous version of DC 7903, and there was not an unreasonable time lapse before the 2014 diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19190439
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