The Board granted service connection for a thyroid disability, to include multinodular goiter and malignant tumor of the thymus status post total thyroidectomy with secondary hypothyroidism as secondary to Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosing type, blast rich and thymoma, and also granted service connection for a neck scar associated with this thyroid disability.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 addendum opinion found that the Veteran's thyroid disability was at least as likely as not due to or aggravated by her service-connected Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosing type, blast rich and thymoma. The Board granted these claims based on this favorable evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- neck scar, thyroid disability, including multinodular goiter and malignant tumor of the thymus status post total thyroidectomy with secondary hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097595
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Decisions by this judge: 719 · Granted: 54% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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