The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral inguinal hernias, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), and a lumbar condition due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing that the veteran's current diagnoses are related to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), Bilateral Inguinal Hernias, Lumbar Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0631492
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 952 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating greater than 50 percent for service-connected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and remanded the claim for a rating greater than 20 percent for a service-connected lumbar condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's depression condition is granted a 70 percent rating from September 21, 2007 to October 5, 2016. Ratings for his lumbar condition, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy are all granted at 40 percent throughout the appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for HSV, lumbar condition, right foot condition, and right forearm condition due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran. The effective dates for these claims are not addressed in this decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's bilateral inguinal hernias were denied an initial compensable rating prior to May 1, 2019 and in excess of 10 percent thereafter. A temporary 100% rating was granted from September 18, 2019 to November 30, 2019 due to convalescence.
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