The Board has determined that the veteran's lower abdominal pain and left sural neuropathy are proximately due to, or aggravated by, his service-connected bilateral inguinal hernia repairs. The Board also found that these conditions do not constitute a separate disability for which service connection is in order. However, the Board concluded that the veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine may be related to his service-connected bilateral inguinal hernias.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the conclusion that the veteran's lower abdominal pain and left sural neuropathy are secondary to his service-connected bilateral inguinal hernia repairs. The Board also found no separate disability for which service connection is warranted, but concluded that the lumbar spine condition may be related to his service-connected inguinal hernias.
- Claimed conditions
- Abdominal Pain, Left Sural Neuropathy, Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0617140
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