The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism with Hashimoto's disease and an adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety as secondary to the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that both conditions manifested within a year of separation from active service, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hypothyroidism with Hashimoto's disease, adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25040122
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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