The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability and increased the evaluation of the postoperative right inguinal hernia. The ratings for bilateral plantar warts and left varicocele remain noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The veteran's low back disability was found to be incurred in service, while his postoperative right inguinal hernia is currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling with additional separate 10 percent ratings for a painful scar and neuritis of the ilioinguinal nerve. The bilateral plantar warts are resolved without any residual disability, and the left varicocele does not meet the criteria for higher ratings under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Postoperative right inguinal hernia, Bilateral plantar warts, Left varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0619737
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