Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 8, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypothyroidism associated with herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted an intent to file a claim on January 8, 2021, and VA received his completed service connection claim within one year of the receipt of the intent to file.
- Claimed conditions
- hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097148
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