The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings for his right hamstring strain, inguinal hernia with surgical repair and residual scar. The preponderance of evidence is against a finding of current disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is no current disability characterized by hamstring pain or an active inguinal hernia that can be linked to the Veteran's service.
- Claimed conditions
- Inguinal hernia with surgical repair and residual scar, Right hamstring strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19108645
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right hamstring strain and remanded the issue of an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for left hamstring strain.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for increased compensation for his service connected right hamstring strain disability was partially granted, with a compensable rating denied prior to March 27, 2023 and a rating in excess of 10 percent denied from that date. The Board also remanded the matter of service connection for a right shoulder disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for his left and right hamstring strains, as well as service connection for a left wrist disorder, were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support higher schedular ratings for the hamstrings or establish a current diagnosis of a left wrist disorder.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left and right hamstring strains, finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not caused by the Veteran's service-connected knee and lumbar spine disabilities.
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