Entitlement to an increased compensable disability rating for hemorrhoids is denied.

Board reasoning

The Board determined that the hemorrhoids did not meet the criteria for a higher rating at any point during the appeal period, noting that the symptoms more nearly approximated noncompensable or lower ratings and discounted any medication effects per Ingram v. Collins. For migraines, the Board found no basis to grant a rating higher than 50 percent, noting the criteria are a laddered, non-incidentally inclusive scale, that the current 50 percent rating already reflects very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks with severe economic impact, and that there is no evidence supporting a higher rating or a separate rating for symptoms outside DC 8100.