The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected postoperative right inguinal hernia warrants a 30 percent disability rating prior to March 2, 2010.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's postoperative right inguinal hernia was recurrent and required repair in March 2010. The symptoms were painful and required modification of daily activities.
- Claimed conditions
- Postoperative right inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2012
- Citation
- 1210625
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, increased disability ratings for lumbosacral strain and right inguinal surgical scar.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's postoperative right inguinal hernia is related to his military service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal regarding the evaluation of his service-connected status post stress fracture of right pubis with ilio-inguinal nerve entrapment was denied. The claim for a higher rating than 10 percent was also denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability and increased the evaluation of the postoperative right inguinal hernia. The ratings for bilateral plantar warts and left varicocele remain noncompensable.
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