The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral postoperative inguinal hernias, recurrent on the left and non-recurrent on the right, warrants a 60 percent disability rating based on its characteristics of large, postoperative, recurrent, not well supported under ordinary conditions, and not readily reducible. The examination report indicated that it is considered inoperable.
The deciding factor: The veteran's left inguinal hernia was found to be large, recurrent, not well-supported, and not readily reducible, meeting the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7338.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Postoperative Inguinal Hernias
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0425494
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