Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hemorrhoids due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an additional direct medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The case must be remanded because the March 2025 VA examination did not provide a sufficient rationale and failed to consider chronicity in determining a nexus to service.
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111041
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