The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his residuals of postoperative right inguinal hernia, finding that the disability did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7804 (unstable or painful scars).
The deciding factor: The VA medical examinations and treatment records showed recurrent pain at the site of the surgery but no recurrence of the postoperative right inguinal hernia, which is required for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative right inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 22, 2009
- Citation
- 0948203
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