Hemorrhoids Board decisions

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than September 21, 1972 for service connection of left knee disability and hemorrhoids. The issues of entitlement to an increased rating for hemorrhoids and service connection for right knee disability are pending.

The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids and low back disability (claimed as secondary to bilateral pes planus). The appellant's claims are remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, left knee disability, deviated septum, and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine disorders. The decision also noted that the veteran's claim for increased rating of his temporomandibular dysfunction with headaches was granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to issues regarding service connection for PTSD, as well as evaluations for tinea cruris, tinea versicolor, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and hemorrhoids. The veteran's claim is not about exposure to specific environmental factors.

The veteran is granted a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes due to his service-connected disabilities, which include panic attacks, coronary artery disease, hypertension, subacromial bursitis with degenerative joint disease of the shoulders, hemorrhoids, and costochondritis. The combined disability evaluation is 40 percent.

The Board has granted the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected arthritis of the lumbar spine, hemorrhoids, and ventral hernia.

The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing VA examinations.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, a heart condition, and hemorrhoids. The evidence does not support these claims as there is no current diagnosis of any of these conditions.

The veteran's claim for vocational rehabilitation training under Chapter 31 was denied because his education and work experience qualified him for suitable employment, despite having a service-connected disability.

The Board granted an increased rating for bilateral pes planus with hallux valgus and bunions, but denied service connection for a scar of the left foot as a residual of an injury, tinea pedis claimed as secondary to service-connected bilateral pes planus with hallux valgus and bunions, hemorrhoids, and sinusitis and perennial sinorhinitis.

The veteran's service-connected hemorrhoids are not large, thrombotic, or irreducible with excessive redundant tissue. Therefore, the claim for a compensable rating is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability and hemorrhoids, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the latter claim. The Board also found that there was insufficient medical evidence linking current disabilities to service.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and assigned a 10% disability rating. The claims for arthritis of the hands and knees, arthritis of the knees, hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic low back strain, and residuals of fractures to three bones of the left foot have all been granted with appropriate disability ratings.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of gonorrhea and a higher initial evaluation for hemorrhoids. The veteran's claim for service connection was not well-grounded, and the current disability does not meet the criteria for a 10% rating under Diagnostic Code 7336.

The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for postoperative hemorrhoids/anal fistula is granted, with the rating set at 10 percent.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral pes planus and assigned a 10% rating for hemorrhoids as of December 1997. The increased rating claim for hemorrhoids is denied.

The case is being remanded to the Regional Office for additional development, including obtaining treatment records and scheduling a VA examination. The veteran will need to provide authorization for these records.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding no competent evidence to support a nexus to service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions are denied as the evidence does not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during his period of active duty.

The Board found that the appellant's claim for service connection for a left knee disability and an evaluation in excess of zero percent for hemorrhoids is not well-grounded due to lack of competent medical evidence showing current disabilities.