The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for an umbilical hernia. The Veteran's current diagnosis of a hernia was not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show any in-service injury or disease that could have led to the development of a hernia, and there is no continuity of symptomatology since service.
- Claimed conditions
- Hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2012
- Citation
- 1202577
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What this means for you
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