The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 8, 2010, for the award of service connection for hypothyroidism.
The deciding factor: The August 2011 rating decision that granted service connection for coronary artery disease is deemed to have denied service connection for hypothyroidism due to evidence of the Veteran's hypothyroidism diagnosis during the pendency of the claim for ischemic heart disease, and thus an earlier effective date was granted.
- Claimed conditions
- hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017516
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