The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's right saphenous nerve laceration and right inguinal hernia repair scars, effective September 20, 2014. The rating assigned is 10 percent for each condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran had new and material evidence to reopen his claims for service connection for these conditions, leading to a grant of service connection with an initial compensable evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- missing testicles, right knee limitation of flexion and motion, right saphenous nerve laceration, right inguinal hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 3, 2018
- Citation
- 1827633
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all appeals as the Veteran died while his appeal was pending.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating, finding no evidence of a current disability to support these claims.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings for right inguinal hernia repair, painful surgical scar, and surgical scar.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right inguinal hernia repair, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), neck disability, hypertension, hemorrhoids, mild renal insufficiency (claimed as renal failure), colitis, and bilateral shoulder disabilities due to incomplete records and inadequate examinations.
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