The Board has decided that a separate 10 percent rating for left inguinal hernia scar from July 21, 1981 is granted. A rating higher than 10 percent for left inguinal hernia scar is denied. A 10 percent disability rating for service-connected left inguinal hernia from March 24, 2006 is granted. The Board has also decided that the Veteran's initial compensable rating for service-connected left inguinal hernia from March 8, 1976 and a higher than 10 percent rating for bilateral plantar calluses are both remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision does not provide specific reasoning for each issue; it only states the disposition (granted, denied, or remanded) without explaining the reasons behind these decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- Left inguinal hernia, Bilateral plantar calluses
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19147803
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher initial rating for left inguinal hernia and an initial compensable rating for the scar of the left inguinal hernia, as there was no evidence of recurrent hernia or a painful, unstable, or large scar.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the left inguinal herniorrhaphy scar but denied a compensable rating for the left inguinal hernia and a 10 percent evaluation under 38 C.F.R. § 3.324 based on multiple, noncompensable service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbar spine, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to DDD with IVDS, erectile dysfunction as secondary to DDD with IVDS, and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The appeal was denied for service connection for depression and anxiety, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, hypothyroidism, left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis, right and left lower extremity peripheral edema, and inguinal hernias.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected left inguinal hernia effective July 28, 1981, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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