The Board has granted service connection for left femoral neuropathy as secondary to the veteran's service-connected right postoperative inguinal hernia.
The deciding factor: Left femoral neuropathy was caused by the surgical repair of a service-connected right postoperative inguinal hernia in April 1993.
- Claimed conditions
- left femoral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0305601
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 244 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for right and left femoral neuropathy are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for further development.
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