The veteran is seeking compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for left inguinal nerve entrapment as a residual of VA surgical repair of a left inguinal hernia performed in August 2001. The case has been remanded due to incomplete records and further evaluation is needed.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional medical evidence and review by an appropriate VA specialist to determine if the veteran's condition was proximately caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of VA fault during a surgical procedure performed in August 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- left inguinal nerve entrapment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0610207
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's left inguinal nerve entrapment was not caused by VA treatment and denied his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Granted
The veteran's left inguinal nerve entrapment and epididymitis have been granted service connection with a noncompensable evaluation, which has since been increased to 10% effective from April 21, 1998.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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