The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for anemia as secondary to his service-connected hemorrhoids, a request for an increased rating for hemorrhoids, and a claim for permanent and total disability for pension purposes. The evidence did not support these claims.
The deciding factor: There was no definitive diagnosis of anemia in the medical records, and the veteran's current disability did not meet the criteria for a 20 percent evaluation under the rating criteria for hemorrhoids.
- Claimed conditions
- anemia, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0000116
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a vitamin D deficiency and remanded claims for coronary artery disease, status post femoral bypass, chronic kidney disease, and anemia due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral pes planus, anemia, and gastritis as the conditions were not shown to be related to or aggravated by service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hemorrhoids due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an additional direct medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hemorrhoids, which fully satisfies the Veteran's appeal.
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