Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for Hashimoto's autoimmune disease and hypothyroidism to obtain new medical opinions addressing the aggravation prong of secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The February 2024 opinion provided an insufficient basis upon which to decide the claim as it did not address the aggravation prong of secondary service connection, lacked proper rationale, and failed to consider lay evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Hashimoto's autoimmune disease, hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091416
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