The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected conditions do not warrant a compensable evaluation in any of the cases. The preponderance of evidence is against the claims for increased evaluations.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the presence or severity of the claimed conditions, and there are no residuals from previous surgeries that would justify an increased rating under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Left heel condition, Right hand chronic pain, Right shoulder condition, Headaches (chronic), Bilateral inguinal hernia repair, Hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Left hydrocele, External hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0127007
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