Hemorrhoids decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to incomplete VA medical opinions. The TDIU claim is also remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the service connection claims.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to November 2, 2022 is being remanded due to the AOJ's failure to refer it to the Director of Compensation Service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error and the need for an adequate medical opinion addressing all theories of entitlement raised by the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids, tinea cruris, a right thumb disability, and a back disability due to the lack of evidence showing a relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board has granted an effective date of May 11, 2010 for the award of a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for tinnitus, hemorrhoids, and COPD due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors in the VA medical opinions.

The Veteran's tension type headaches are granted a 50% rating. The left shoulder instability with history of rotator cuff is denied as it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating. A noncompensable rating is granted for left shoulder scars. The low back disability, degenerative arthritis with IVDS, and radiculopathy in both lower extremities are all denied. Ratings in excess of 20% for left knee strain, right knee strain, hemorrhoids, and maxillary sinusitis are also denied. Service connection for sleep apnea is remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, tinnitus, ankle sprain, hemorrhoids, foot and knee strains, bilateral hearing loss, and erectile dysfunction, prevent him from obtaining and retaining substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's claims for service connection for depression, hemorrhoids, chronic sleep disorder, and tinnitus have been denied. The claim for service connection for eye problems is remanded.,Service connection was not granted for the claimed conditions due to a lack of current diagnoses or evidence linking these conditions to active service.

The Board has reinstated the Veteran's TDIU rating and the 20% rating for hemorrhoids, finding that the reduction was improper due to lack of evidence showing improvement in the conditions under ordinary conditions of life.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a left knee disability and hemorrhoids, finding new and material evidence that relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate these claims.

The Board has remanded several claims due to the receipt of new and relevant evidence, including VA and private treatment records. The Veteran's service connection for hidradenitis and hemorrhoid disability is being reconsidered.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of various conditions, including a spleen condition, obstructive sleep apnea, pituitary adenoma (claimed as brain tumor), diabetes mellitus type II, and hemorrhoids have been denied. The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's claims.

The Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, hypertension, hemorrhoids, hyperlipidemia, and a back condition have been denied as the evidence does not support a relationship to service.,Service connection is denied for all claimed conditions due to lack of in-service event or injury, no continuity of symptomatology, and insufficient medical evidence linking any current disability to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current hip condition, ankylosing spondylitis, sleep apnea, cervicogenic headaches, hemorrhoids, neuropathic pain at post herniorrhaphy site, erectile dysfunction, or brain tumors related to his service. The claims for these conditions are denied.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including hearing loss, hypertrophic gastritis, neck disability, back disability, right shoulder disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, bilateral foot disability, cholelithiasis, hiatal hernia, and hemorrhoids. The Board found that the Veteran's claims were previously adjudicated in a prior appeal.

The Veteran's initial disability ratings for hemorrhoids and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are granted, with a 10 percent rating for each condition starting from January 25, 2017. The service connection claim for right ear pain is denied.

The Veteran's hemorrhoidectomy residuals are granted a 20 percent rating throughout the period on appeal.,His coronary artery disease is found to be caused by his service-connected sleep apnea disorder, and he is granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has decided to remand the claim of service connection for hemorrhoids due to insufficient evidence and a need for further examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error, and will provide further examination and opinion regarding the nature and cause of any obstructive sleep apnea and left ankle disability.