The Board denied the veteran's claims for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for his right groin scar and an initial compensable evaluation for paresthesias and dysfunction in the right ilioinguinal nerve. The RO assigned a 10 percent evaluation to the left foot and ankle disability effective June 30, 1995.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner could not determine the etiology of the veteran's pain on ambulation despite reviewing his claims file and examining the right inguinal scar. The pain was attributed to possible meralgia paresthetica rather than a nerve compression.
- Claimed conditions
- Right groin scar, Paresthesias and dysfunction in the right ilioinguinal nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637679
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What this means for you
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