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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