The Veteran's scar, status post left inguinal hernia repair, was tender and painful but did not cause skin breakdown or underlying tissue damage. The Board found that the current level of disability warranted a 10 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's scar was tender and painful, meeting the criteria for a compensable evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7804, but no higher as it did not meet the criteria for an unstable or deep scar.
- Claimed conditions
- Left inguinal hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1727949
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected left inguinal hernia repair residuals did not present an exceptional or unusual disability picture warranting an extraschedular rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's residuals of a left inguinal hernia repair are manifested through recurrent pain (i.e. inguinodynia), possibly secondary to inguinal nerve neuritis, which results in mild to moderate paralysis at worst and a scar that is not painful or unstable.
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