The Board has remanded the claims for hypothyroidism, abdominal distension with constipation, and bradycardia due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: The remand was based on failure to provide a distinguishing opinion between symptoms related to service-connected disabilities and those related to the Veteran's service-connected hypothyroidism.
- Claimed conditions
- hypothyroidism, status post thyroidectomy, abdominal distension with constipation, bradycardia (bradyarrhythmia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24018440
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's heart disabilities, including RBBB heart block, bradycardia, and MI, are granted as secondary to his service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for fibromyalgia, radiculopathy, hearing loss, and sinusitis but granted service connection for bradycardia and an undiagnosed illness.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism, status post thyroidectomy, based on new and relevant evidence of radiation exposure during the Veteran's service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bradycardia (bradyarrhythmia) has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal.
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