The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for anal stricture, finding no current disability and concluding that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of anal stricture.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current diagnosis of anal stricture, with multiple clinical evaluations failing to yield such a condition.
- Claimed conditions
- anal stricture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19121227
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Decisions by this judge: 1,861 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and examination, including a VA medical examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected status post hemorrhoidectomy, fistulectomy, and sphincterotomy residuals. The examiner is also asked to provide a retrospective opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's symptoms found to be related to his service-connected condition from October 2001 to the present.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for DESD, which he also claimed as dysuria, anal stricture, and tight sphincter, is granted because the evidence shows that his condition first manifested during service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's private medical expenses incurred on April 10, 2002, September 9, 2002, and March 10, 2003 were not authorized by VA and did not meet the criteria for payment or reimbursement under Chapter 17 of Title 38 U.S.C.A.
- Whole decision: Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's anal stricture, secondary to hemorrhoidectomy with fecal incontinence, warrants a 30 percent disability rating and not higher.
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