The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a recurrent left inguinal hernia do not meet the criteria for an initial rating higher than 10 percent since February 8, 2001.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find evidence of a small, postoperative, and recurrent hernia or an unoperated and irremediable hernia not well supported by a truss or not readily reducible.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent left inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0736684
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for a recurrent left inguinal hernia, status-post surgical repair has been withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney. As such, the appeal is dismissed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evaluation of his hernia condition and associated complications.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his inguinal hernia and varicocelectomy. The RO must obtain relevant medical records, conduct a VA examination if necessary, and then readjudicate the claims.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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