The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the veteran's status post hernia repair, effective from January 30, 2002. The issue of service connection for gastritis was also addressed and resolved in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: The VA examination revealed that the veteran's status post hernia repair is recurrent, readily reducible, and well supported by truss or belt, warranting a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7338.
- Claimed conditions
- status post hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0603741
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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