The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected bilateral inguinal hernia repair warrants a 10 percent rating, effective October 1, 2005. Additionally, a separate 10 percent rating is assigned for surgical scarring of the scrotum.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows recurrent and readily reducible postoperative inguinal hernia residuals that more nearly approximate the criteria for a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7338. The Veteran's bilateral five cm. diagonal inguinal hernia repair scars are also shown to be painful on examination, warranting a separate 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral inguinal hernia repair, surgical scarring of the scrotum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1028291
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