Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hyperthyroidism, to include Graves' Disease, for a medical opinion addressing the etiology of the condition.
The deciding factor: The AOJ's failure to obtain a medical opinion specifically addressing the etiology of the Veteran's hyperthyroidism constituted a duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperthyroidism, to include Graves' Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020055
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