The Veteran's postoperative hemorrhoids with perirectal abscess and fissures disability is currently rated as 20 percent disabling, effective April 1991. The claim for a higher rating remains denied.,A separate compensable evaluation for pruritus ani is not assignable.,The reduction of the schedular disability rating from 30 percent to noncompensable for prolapse of the rectum was improper and is void ab initio.,There has been no formal claim, informal claim, or written intent to file a claim of service connection for asbestos lung disease prior to December 19, 2002. The effective date for this grant remains denied.,There has been no formal claim, informal claim, or written intent to file a claim of service connection for peripheral vascular disease prior to July 27, 2006. The effective date for this grant remains denied.,There has been no formal claim, informal claim, or written intent to file a claim of service connection for glaucoma prior to November 27, 2007. The effective date for this grant remains denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's postoperative hemorrhoids with perirectal abscess and fissures disability is currently rated as 20 percent disabling, effective April 1991.
- Claimed conditions
- empty sella syndrome, eye condition including refractive error and allergic conjunctivitis, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, pain disorder, gastritis with diverticulitis of the colon, esophagus stricture, allergic rhinitis/sinusitis, prolapse of the rectum, pruritus ani
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1240946
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