Thyroid disorder — all decisions

The Board remands several issues related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, and Stein-Leventhal Syndrome, for additional development.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral artery disease and denied the claims for service connection for a wrist disorder, left upper extremity disability, right upper extremity disability, and thyroid disability. The Board remanded the claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism, which the Veteran's surviving spouse is seeking on his behalf.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for a skin condition based on the Veteran's Persian Gulf War service and exposure to toxic substances, while remanding other claims for further evidence.

The Board granted service connection for pulmonary vascular disease and unspecified anxiety disorder as secondary conditions, along with increased ratings for chronic sinusitis and hypothyroidism.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for COPD, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, lung cancer, thyroid cancer, and hypertension due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for hyperthyroidism and denied increased ratings for hypertension, hypothyroidism, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD) with acquired hemolytic anemia.

The Board denied service connection for a thyroid disability and prostate cancer, as the evidence did not support a medical nexus to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for Hashimoto's thyroiditis and denied an increased rating for the Veteran's anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism due to presumed exposure to burn pit toxins in the Persian Gulf, pursuant to the PACT Act.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's motion for revision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in an April 2022 rating decision, as it was not properly raised with the AOJ first.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for right benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, denied a higher rating for the same condition, and remanded separate ratings for carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists and a compensable rating for hypothyroidism.

The Board remands the claims for a gastrointestinal condition and thyroid condition to afford the Veteran an adequate VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism, diagnosed as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal, including claims for an earlier effective date and increased rating for hypothyroidism, service connection for persistent depressive disorder, and sleep apnea, was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 100 percent for hyperthyroidism and a 40 percent rating for residuals of removal of a ganglion cyst, left wrist. The appeal regarding TDIU is dismissed as moot, but SMC at the housebound rate was granted from January 11, 2005.

The Board denied service connection for hypothyroidism as there was no evidence of a current disability during the appeal period.

The Board granted service connection for thyroid cancer, finding that the Veteran's condition was related to radiation exposure during his active duty service.

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.