The Board granted service connection for Graves' disease/hyperthyroidism and secondary service connection for tremors.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's Graves' disease/hyperthyroidism was incurred in service, and the tremors are proximately due to Graves'/hyperthyroidism.
- Claimed conditions
- Graves' disease/hyperthyroidism, tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24065542
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tremors to schedule a new VA examination to address all theories of entitlement and current disabilities raised by the record.
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for tremors, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding a relationship to active-duty service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and an initial rating of 70 percent for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, but denied service connection for tremors.
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