The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his service-connected status-post hemorrhoidectomy, fistulectomy, and sphincterotomy residuals is remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the severity of his symptoms. The appeal for TDIU remains part of this claim.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical opinions addressing the Veteran's reported symptoms related to his service-connected conditions have been provided by VA examiners.
- Claimed conditions
- status-post hemorrhoidectomy, status-post fistulectomy, status-post sphincterotomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23007968
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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 has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and evaluation of various disabilities due to incomplete or insufficient evidence, including lack of recent VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and providing a VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's service-connected status-post hemorrhoidectomy and to determine the nature and etiology of any anal fissures and sphincter control impairment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a detailed employment history from the veteran and scheduling him for appropriate VA examination(s) to determine his employability given his non-service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including prostate cancer and urinary incontinence due to a radical prostatectomy, prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment. The Board grants TDIU based on the severity of his service-connected conditions.
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