The Board has determined that the veteran's recurrent right inguinal hernia warrants a 30 percent rating, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran has an irremediable post-operative recurrent inguinal hernia that is not well-supported by a truss or readily reducible.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent right inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0413764
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Decisions by this judge: 362 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's right inguinal hernia was not found to meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent.,The Veteran's scars on his right 5th metacarpal and right inguinal area were also not found to warrant a compensable disability rating.
- Denied
The Board has determined that new evidence received after the February 2016 denial supports reopening of the claim for service connection for recurrent right inguinal hernia. However, the preexisting condition was not aggravated by active service and thus service connection is denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's depressive disorder is rated at 70 percent, effective February 2011. The right inguinal hernia remains rated at 30 percent. A TDIU rating is granted.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's recurrent right inguinal hernia, including its residuals from surgical repair, is service-connected based on continuity of symptomatology since discharge.
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