The Veteran's service-connected anal fissure is being remanded for further evaluation due to the need for a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reported worsening symptoms and requested an initial compensable disability rating, necessitating additional medical clarification through a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- anal fissure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18140090
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an adequate examination to address the nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected anal fissure (also claimed as proctalgia fugax, prolonged painful rectum spasms).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a bowel condition, including GERD, colon polyps, colon diverticulosis, hemorrhoids, and anal fissure, to determine if these conditions are aggravated by service-connected diabetes with obesity as an intermediate step.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for anal fissure (also claimed as proctalgia fugax, prolonged painful rectum spasms) due to a lack of adequate information regarding the qualifications of the VA examiner.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for hemorrhoids and service connection for anal fissure, acute sinusitis, and a skin condition, including folliculitis and skin tags/cysts.
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