Service connection is granted for goiter and its residuals, including a post-surgical scar and hypothyroidism requiring continuous hormone replacement therapy.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's thyroid disease manifested within one year of discharge from service and progressed to require surgical intervention and ongoing treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- goiter, residuals of thyroidectomy (post-surgical scar, hypothyroidism requiring continuous hormone replacement therapy)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 31, 2023
- Citation
- 23048213
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