The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral inguinal hernias, including residuals of surgical repair, are related to injury incurred during active service and grants service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran sustained an injury resulting in bilateral inguinal hernias during active service due to heavy lifting and intensive physical training. The proximity in time of the diagnosis of hernias to the Veteran's service, combined with medical opinions supporting a relationship to service, established the service incurrence element.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral inguinal hernias
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2015
- Citation
- 1547429
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable rating or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral inguinal hernias and left eye retinal hole without detachment based on the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeals for increased ratings and initial compensable disability ratings were dismissed as withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of March 31, 2016, for the award of TDIU based on a finding that the Veteran detrimentally relied on misleading VA communications.
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