The Board denied the veteran's claim for a higher rating for residuals of a right inguinal hernioplasty, finding that his service-connected disability did not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed no recurrence of the inguinal hernia or other disabling residual of an in-service hernioplasty. The veteran's pain was related to his back condition rather than his herniorrhaphy, and there were no findings indicating that the scar itself met the criteria for a compensable evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- right inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0203677
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