Hemorrhoids — all decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, requiring new medical nexus opinions.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals, and the Board dismissed all claims.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding several other claims including lumbar spine disability, lower extremity radiculopathy, allergic rhinitis, nasal fracture, hemorrhoids, and insomnia.

The Board granted service connection for left knee tendonitis/tendonosis with knee meniscal tear and cartilage fissuring chondrosis, but denied service connection for the other claimed conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, left wrist disability, and left wrist scar as they were not related to the Veteran's active service. The claims for hemorrhoids and psychiatric disability were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for hemorrhoids, right knee disability, and left knee disability as there was no evidence of a compensable rating or higher for any of these conditions.

The Board remands the claims for further development due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including unconfirmed service locations and lack of VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for kidney stones and an initial compensable rating for hemorrhoids.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased rating due to improper concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hemorrhoids due to an inadequate VA opinion.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a separate compensable evaluation, as well as a compensable evaluation for hemorrhoids.

The Board granted service connection for hemorrhoids, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's hemorrhoids were incurred during active service.

The appeal for an evaluation higher than 30 percent for service-connected PTSD was dismissed, and the initial evaluations for hemorrhoids, iron deficiency anemia, and other specified eating disorder were denied. The Board remanded several claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a left foot disability, right foot disability, hemorrhoids, pruritus ani, and iron deficiency anemia on a direct basis.

The Board denied service connection for Tietze syndrome, a left pectoral tear injury, anemia, and herpes simplex type 1. The initial ratings for various conditions were also denied.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right shoulder disability, left elbow disability, right elbow disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability related to service. The claims for psychiatric disability, obstructive sleep apnea, left eye disability, right eye disability, cervical spine disability, and left shoulder disability were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids, right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, and eczema (chest) and remanded the claims for an anxiety condition, mental disorder, anger issues, stress disorder and vision impairment.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bilateral knee disorders, peri-anal abscess, and sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for hemorrhoids, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance regarding whether the condition began during active duty service.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain from September 1, 1995, and a 40 percent rating from January 10, 2024. The Veteran's residuals of excision of the left femoral nerve were rated at 20 percent, but hemorrhoids were denied a compensable rating.