The Board has determined that the Veteran had a current hemorrhoid disability and it was incurred during his active service. Therefore, service connection for the hemorrhoid disability is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's statements supported by VA treatment records established a continuity of symptoms from service to the present, which were related to his in-service exposure to combat conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhoid
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- June 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1319183
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there was a duty to assist error and remands the case for further development, including obtaining an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current hemorrhoid disorder is aggravated by service.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for headaches, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and a compensable rating for hemorrhoids due to untimely Notice of Disagreement (NOD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matters of an initial compensable rating for hemorrhoid and service connection for a scar, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hemorrhoid disability due to inadequate VA examination and missing medical records.
- Partly granted
The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of fees to the appellant from past due benefits awarded in the portion of a July 2023 rating decision assigning an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus, but denied such eligibility for higher ratings for left knee, left shoulder, right wrist and hemorrhoid disabilities.
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