Thyroid disorder — all decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to insufficient evidence to evaluate the claims adequately.

The Board remands the claim for a thyroid condition to obtain additional evidence regarding potential toxic exposure during service.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, type II, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities.

The Board denied service connection for hypothyroidism, to include Hashimoto's disease, as the evidence did not support a finding that it was caused by in-service toxin and environmental hazard exposure.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective July 20, 2021, but denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension but denied service connection for cervical spine, right shoulder, low back, left hip, gastrointestinal, bronchitis, sinusitis disabilities and denied an initial rating in excess of 0 percent for headaches and thyroid disability.

The Veteran's service-connected headaches were granted a rating of 50 percent, and she was also granted TDIU, DEA, and SMC for the period from March 27, 2017, to August 20, 2017.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for residuals of a thyroidectomy and neck scarring secondary to a thyroidectomy due to an insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's hypothyroidism caused or aggravated his need for a thyroidectomy.

The Board granted increased ratings for right and left upper extremity neuropathy, right and left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and hypothyroidism, as well as a TDIU from May 1, 2018 to September 19, 2019. The Board denied increased ratings for diabetes mellitus, type II, kidney disease stage III with hypertension (kidney disease with hypertension), tinnitus, and service connection for migraines.

The Board remands the claim for a thyroid disability to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding whether it is related to service or aggravated by a service-connected condition.

The Board denied service connection for actinic keratosis, remanded the claims for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hypothyroidism, and benign intestinal neoplasm to obtain additional medical evidence, and found no basis to grant service connection.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism and denied the claims for a compensable rating for acne, service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis with hammer toes, and service connection for pelvic organ prolapse.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for hypothyroidism and remanded the claim for a compensable rating for hyperparathyroidism.

The Board denied the Veteran's petitions to readjudicate claims for service connection for bradycardia, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, emphysema, hypothyroidism, polypectomy, prostate cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis as new and relevant evidence was not received. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability is remanded.

The veteran withdrew all appeals, including those for increased disability evaluations and service connection.

The Board grants service connection for hypothyroidism based on the Veteran's presumed in-service herbicide exposure due to his active duty in Vietnam.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD, OSA, a cervical spine disability, and a thyroid disability to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism and hypertension, but denied it for an optic nerve abnormality.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of right thyroid lobectomy, to include Hashimoto's disease, for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a thyroid condition, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's in-service exposures and her current hypothyroidism.