The Veteran's anal skin tags, chronic anal fissures, and chronic bleeding have been rated at a 20 percent since January 6, 2012.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence consistently showed the Veteran experiencing frequent recurring symptoms of anal skin tags, anal fissures, and chronic bleeding, which most closely corresponded to the criteria for a 20 percent evaluation under DC 7336.
- Claimed conditions
- anal skin tags, chronic anal fissures, chronic bleeding
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175882
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,071 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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