The veteran's hiatal hernia is found to be aggravated by his service-connected left inguinal herniorrhaphy scar with chronic skin ulcer. The evaluation for the left inguinal herniorrhaphy scar remains at 40 percent, and a separate compensable evaluation is granted for a draining lesion.
The deciding factor: The veteran's hiatal hernia was found to be aggravated by his service-connected left inguinal herniorrhaphy scar with chronic skin ulcer.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia, left inguinal herniorrhaphy scar with chronic skin ulcer
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0005097
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