The Veteran's request for a compensable disability rating for his service-connected post-operative left inguinal hernia with residual scar is denied as there is no evidence of a recurrent or well-supported hernia.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not show any evidence of a recurrent or well-supported hernia, which are necessary for assignment of a compensable disability rating under the applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative left inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2018
- Citation
- 1806989
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