The veteran's service-connected abdominal stab wound scar is rated at 10 percent, and his low back disability (degenerative disc disease) is found to be secondary to the service-connected abdomen injury. The inguinal hernia claim was not granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find any current diagnosis of an inguinal hernia and concluded that the veteran's low back disability, degenerative disc disease, is not related to his service-connected abdominal wound.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease of the Low Back, Stab Wound to the Abdomen
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0619626
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