Hemorrhoids Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's current hemorrhoidal disorder likely had its clinical onset during service and grants the claim of service connection for hemorrhoids.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension secondary to the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and assigned a 30% rating. The other issues of secondary service connection have been denied as not well-grounded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and temporary total ratings, finding that his ulcerative colitis did not warrant higher evaluations from July 10, 1976 to July 25, 1991 or after July 25, 1991. The rating for internal hemorrhoids was also denied.

The veteran's claim for non-service-connected pension benefits was denied because he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for multiple conditions, including those allegedly related to Agent Orange exposure. The decision found that there was no competent medical evidence linking these symptoms or disorders to Agent Orange exposure.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a VA clothing allowance because the Chief Medical Director or designee certified that physician-prescribed medication for his service-connected pruritus ani with history of hemorrhoids does not cause irreparable damage to his outergarmets.

The veteran is seeking an increased evaluation for his service-connected hemorrhoids, which are currently rated at 10 percent. The RO has requested additional medical evidence and will review the claim again after the examination.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for hemorrhoids was denied because he failed to report for a required VA examination, and there is no evidence of good cause.

The Board has determined that the preponderance of evidence is against the current assignment of a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The claims of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for right carpal tunnel syndrome, and compensable evaluations for hemorrhoids, chronic low back strain with early degenerative changes, and Crohn's disease and hiatal hernia with chest pain are denied.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities are not of sufficient severity to prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant, finding that he did not meet the criteria for eligibility due to lack of anatomical loss or use of limbs.

The veteran's claim for an extra-schedular evaluation for his service-connected hemorrhoids was denied by the Board. The disability is currently rated at 20 percent.

The veteran's service-connected hemorrhoids were evaluated at a 10 percent rating effective as of April 1, 1997. The appeal for an increased evaluation prior to February 4, 1997 was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hemorrhoids and a low back disability, finding no evidence of aggravation or in-service injury that would support these claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased disability rating for service-connected hemorrhoids and service connection for glaucoma. The denial of the hemorrhoids claim is based on a lack of evidence showing large or thrombotic hemorrhoids that are irreducible, with excessive redundant tissue, and frequently recurring. For glaucoma, the Board found no medical records from the veteran's claimed treatment providers.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection are not well-grounded and have been denied.

The Board dismissed the appeals because the veteran did not file a timely notice of disagreement with the March 1996 and April 1999 rating decisions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for restoration of a 20 percent evaluation for service-connected hemorrhoids, an increase in evaluation to more than 10 percent prior to May 7, 1996, and an increase in evaluation to more than 20 percent from May 7, 1996 to September 1, 1999.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, neurodermatitis, and external hemorrhoids. The total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is deferred until the rating for hemorrhoids is resolved.

The Board denied service connection for the claimed conditions, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the duodenal ulcer claim. The other claims were also denied as they did not meet the criteria for service connection.