The Board has determined that the effective date for a 20% disability evaluation for incisional ventral hernia should be retroactive to June 3, 1994.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the prior denial of compensation due to the change in outlook regarding criteria for section 1151 claims.
- Claimed conditions
- incisional ventral hernia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0202276
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- Granted
The Veteran's incisional ventral hernia is rated at 40 percent from June 3, 2013 to February 13, 2020. An effective date of November 1, 2013 for TDIU and an effective date of June 3, 2013 for DEA under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 are granted.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a stomach disability, an incisional ventral hernia, and increased ratings for prostate cancer residuals, status-post appendectomy with abdominal scarring and adhesions, and scar status-post appendectomy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for a 100% evaluation for his service-connected incisional ventral hernia. The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records from 2005.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for a 100% evaluation for his service-connected incisional ventral hernia, which was originally granted in May 2011. The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete records and potential CUE.
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