The Board has denied a claim for an increased evaluation for post-operative residuals of a right inguinal hernia, finding that the current 30 percent rating adequately reflects the veteran's disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation as the condition is characterized by small, multiple protrusions on the right side that are painful and do not appear to be well supported by a truss. The veteran's reluctance to undergo surgery due to diabetes prevents assignment of a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-operative residuals of a right inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0019689
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's post-operative right inguinal hernia has not been shown to be recurrent. The most probative evidence of record reflects that for the period on appeal the Veteran has been shown to be unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities.,The Veteran is already in receipt of a separate 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7802 for his residual, scar post-operative right inguinal hernia. A higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7802 is not warranted.,The Veteran's combined evaluation exceeded 40 percent from March 23, 2007, and he meets the schedular requirements for entitlement to a TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of an increased rating for post-operative residuals of a right inguinal hernia and service connection for an anxiety disorder for further procedural and evidentiary development.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected post-operative residuals of a right inguinal hernia, finding that the veteran's symptoms were minimal and did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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