The Board has determined that the Veteran is not entitled to an initial compensable rating for his service-connected residuals of a right inguinal hernia with scar or internal and external hemorrhoids.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the presence of recurrent or postoperative inguinal hernias, nor do they show large or painful scars that would warrant a higher evaluation under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Right inguinal hernia with scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0924095
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