Hemorrhoids Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and service connection are being remanded due to the need for a videoconference hearing.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's anxiety disorder is service-connected, and his male pattern baldness/hair loss, rectal prolapse, and hemorrhoids are presumed to have been caused by his military service. However, there is no evidence of a skin disorder during service or for many years thereafter.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at his local RO. The issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for service-connected orthodontic malocclusion, entitlement to service connection for hemorrhoids, and entitlement to an extension of benefits for post-graduate education after Chapter 31 support in the completion of a graduate degree are pending.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a prostate disability is denied as there is no evidence of prostatitis or any other chronic disease. The Veteran has been diagnosed with hemorrhoids, which are considered a current disability in addition to benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Service connection cannot be established due to lack of chronicity and continuity of symptomatology.

The Veteran's service connection claims for right arm, right leg, left leg radiculopathy, hemorrhoids, and glaucoma have been denied as there is no current evidence of these conditions.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for hemorrhoids, which he contends are related to his active duty service and/or his service-connected hypertension. The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's hemorrhoids.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnosis of hemorrhoids is at least as likely as not related to service or to his service-connected IBS, and thus grants service connection for hemorrhoids.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional VA and private treatment records, clarification of employment status, and a new VA examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have residuals of a stomach injury or hemorrhoids that are service-connected. The claim for an increased rating for hemorrhoids is also denied.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for cluster headaches and hemorrhoids before the Board could make a decision.

The Board has granted service connection for hemorrhoids. The Veteran's hypertension, hysterectomy, and right foot onychomycosis are not related to her active military service.

The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids and diverticulitis, finding no current disability related to these conditions. The Veteran's treatment records do not support a diagnosis of either condition.

The Veteran's hemorrhoids are characterized by pain and swelling with frequent recurrences, warranting an initial compensable rating of 10 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for hemorrhoids, essential hypertension, and pulmonary hypertension. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during military service.

The VA denied a compensable rating for hemorrhoids, finding that the Veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for larger or more severe hemorrhoids.

The Veteran's appeal involves multiple conditions and disabilities, including numbness and tingling of the hands and feet, heart palpitations, right hip disability, high cholesterol, allergies, stress fractures, left knee disability, papillary necrosis, temporomandibular joint disorder, a lump on the cheek, right ankle disability, pelvic pain, fecal incontinence, urinary incontinence, hernia of the abdominal wall, and hemorrhoids. The appeal is being remanded for further action.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities is being remanded for further development, including the provision of an examination and consideration of whether his service-connected conditions alone rendered him unemployable prior to August 15, 2000.

The Veteran's appeals for a compensable rating for hemorrhoids, a higher rating for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, and TDIU were dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Veteran's hemorrhoids and left testicular intra-testicular and epididymal cysts were initially manifested during active service, and the Board finds that these conditions are now granted for service connection.

The Veteran's appeals have been dismissed as he has withdrawn his appeals of the determinations in the October 2010 and March 2012 rating decisions.