The Board has determined that a 10 percent evaluation is warranted for the veteran's service-connected status-post left inguinal hernia repair and a superficial scar, status-post left inguinal hernia repair since July 15, 2004.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's post-operative recurrent left inguinal hernia is readily reducible and well-supported by a truss or belt, warranting a 10 percent evaluation. The scar is superficial and painful on examination, also warranting a 10 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Left inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0608660
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher initial rating for left inguinal hernia and an initial compensable rating for the scar of the left inguinal hernia, as there was no evidence of recurrent hernia or a painful, unstable, or large scar.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the left inguinal herniorrhaphy scar but denied a compensable rating for the left inguinal hernia and a 10 percent evaluation under 38 C.F.R. § 3.324 based on multiple, noncompensable service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbar spine, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to DDD with IVDS, erectile dysfunction as secondary to DDD with IVDS, and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The appeal was denied for service connection for depression and anxiety, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, hypothyroidism, left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis, right and left lower extremity peripheral edema, and inguinal hernias.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected left inguinal hernia effective July 28, 1981, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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