Hemorrhoids — all decisions

Service connection for right and left ankle disorders is denied. Other conditions are remanded for further development.

Service connection for erectile dysfunction is granted. Service connection for right knee, right hip, and left hip disorders are denied. A compensable rating for hemorrhoids is also denied.

The Veteran's daughter was granted special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids because the evidence showed nonchronic in-service gastrointestinal symptoms that had resolved by service separation and were not etiologically related to service.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, including allergic rhinitis, psychiatric disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, and others, based on the Veteran's presence in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for a digestive condition (including cholelithiasis and GERD) and for a compensable rating for hemorrhoids. The Board noted that additional evidence is needed, including medical examinations and opinions compliant with the PACT Act.

The Board dismissed claims for diverticulitis, hiatal hernia, right ankle disability, and left finger scar. Claims for left ankle disability and acquired psychiatric disorder were denied. Other conditions were remanded.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for right breast abscess was denied. Service connection was granted for GERD, right hip DJD, left hip bursitis with DJD, right knee DJD, left knee DJD, sinusitis, overactive bladder disability, tension headache disability, right ankle disability, and left ankle disability. Claims for CFS, heat exhaustion, hemorrhoids, irritable colon syndrome, and skin disability were denied.

The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and a special home adaptation grant due to errors in the duty to assist. The Veteran will undergo further medical examinations.

Service connection for a hemorrhoid-related disability was denied. Service connection for a right knee disability was remanded.

The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits was granted, with the effective date set to December 23, 2013.

The veteran's claims for higher ratings for knee conditions and hemorrhoids were denied. However, the veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU). Claims for service connection for an enlarged heart were denied, while claims for benign prostatic hypertrophy and erectile dysfunction were remanded.

The veteran was granted service connection for a right-hand disability and a 10% rating for hypertension. All other claims were denied.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for status post right little finger metacarpal chip fracture was denied. Service connection for hemorrhoids was granted. Other claims were either denied or remanded.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of hemorrhoids was denied, but a 10% disability rating from May 24, 2023 to October 11, 2023 was granted.

The Board dismissed all claims due to concurrent election of review options, which is prohibited. The Veteran had multiple appeals pending for the same issues.

The Board granted some issues, denied others, and remanded several for further development. The veteran's ratings for onychomycosis and GERD were restored to 30 percent. Effective dates for service connection for right shoulder surgical scars and lumbar spine surgical scar were granted. Several other issues were denied or dismissed.

The veteran's service connection for hemorrhoids is granted with an effective date of August 30, 2022.

The veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance. The claim for SMC at the housebound rate is dismissed.

The appeals for service connection for hemorrhoids and tinnitus were dismissed due to concurrent review options.