The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the severity of the appellant's external hemorrhoids and whether he manifests anemia secondary to this condition. The TDIU claim is also deferred pending completion of these actions.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as there is conflicting evidence regarding the severity of the appellant's external hemorrhoids and whether his anemia is secondary to this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- external hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2001
- Citation
- 0113595
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable rating for external hemorrhoids and remanded the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and increased the rating for major depressive disorder to 50 percent, while denying increased ratings for allergic rhinitis, bilateral hearing loss, chronic sinusitis, and external hemorrhoids.
- Denied
The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected external hemorrhoids as the evidence did not support a finding of large, thrombotic, or irreducible hemorrhoids with excessive redundant tissue or frequent recurrences.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for external hemorrhoids due to an inadequate VA examination and a need for additional development of the record.
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