The Board granted the restoration of a 10 percent rating for service-connected internal or external hemorrhoids, effective from May 1, 2024.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show overall sustained material improvement of the Veteran's service-connected internal or external hemorrhoids, thus the reduction was improper.
- Claimed conditions
- internal or external hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25038122
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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