The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for adhesion scar tissue as secondary to his service-connected incisional ventral hernia and also denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for incisional ventral hernia.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran had adhesion scar tissue or that it was related to his service-connected condition, and the Board found no new and material evidence to reopen the claim. The VA examiner indicated that the Veteran's current symptoms were unrelated to his service-connected incisional ventral hernia.
- Claimed conditions
- incisional ventral hernia, adhesion scar tissue
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0938493
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- Granted
The Veteran's incisional ventral hernia is rated at 40 percent from June 3, 2013 to February 13, 2020. An effective date of November 1, 2013 for TDIU and an effective date of June 3, 2013 for DEA under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 are granted.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a stomach disability, an incisional ventral hernia, and increased ratings for prostate cancer residuals, status-post appendectomy with abdominal scarring and adhesions, and scar status-post appendectomy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for a 100% evaluation for his service-connected incisional ventral hernia. The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records from 2005.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for a 100% evaluation for his service-connected incisional ventral hernia, which was originally granted in May 2011. The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete records and potential CUE.
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