The veteran's hemorrhoids with anal fissure are not manifested by extraordinary or unusual circumstances, such as marked interference with employment or frequent hospitalizations. The veteran is granted a compensable evaluation for residuals of an injury to the left great toe.,Chronic sinusitis has not been productive of three or more incapacitating episodes per year characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting, or one or more capacitating episodes of sinusitis per year requiring prolonged antibiotic treatment. The veteran's service connection for residuals of a left ankle sprain is not established.
The deciding factor: The veteran's hemorrhoids with anal fissure are manifested by persistent bleeding with fissures and do not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 20 percent.,Chronic sinusitis has not been productive of three or more incapacitating episodes per year characterized by headaches, pain, and purulent discharge or crusting, or one or more capacitating episodes of sinusitis per year requiring prolonged antibiotic treatment. The veteran's service connection for residuals of a left ankle sprain is not established.
- Claimed conditions
- Hemorrhoids with anal fissure, Left clavicle disability, Residuals of injury to left great toe, Chronic sinusitis, Left ankle sprain, Left thumb disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0430905
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