The Veteran's claim for a 10 percent rating under 38 C.F.R. § 3.324 was denied in the September 1993 and March 1994 rating decisions, which were not appealed. The effective date of the current grant of a 10 percent rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities is August 31, 2005.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have an unadjudicated claim for a 10 percent rating under 38 C.F.R. § 3.324 prior to the effective date of the current grant.
- Claimed conditions
- inguinal hernias
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1042850
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- Granted
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