The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination and readjudication of his claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim requires further evidence due to the possibility that his disability has increased since his last examination.
- Claimed conditions
- right inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2018
- Citation
- 1803159
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the service-connected scar, status post right inguinal hernia repair, and a higher than 10 percent rating for the painful scar. The right inguinal hernia was remanded for further evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable disability rating for a right inguinal hernia and residuals thereof, as well as for surgical abdominal scars (as a residual of surgery to repair right inguinal hernia), based on the evidence not supporting a more severe condition than noncompensable.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right eye glaucoma and right inguinal hernia as additional development is needed to address the Veteran's theories of entitlement.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and denies an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for irritable bowel syndrome.
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