The Veteran's residuals of left inguinal hernia, status post left inguinal hernia repair, have not been productive of postoperative recurrent or unoperated irremediable, not well supported by truss, or not reducible inguinal hernia. However, the Veteran has experienced at least one painful scar during the appeal period.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of a recurrent or unreducible inguinal hernia and noted that the Veteran had only reported intermittent pain related to his scars, which did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7338.
- Claimed conditions
- Left inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1443742
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