The Board granted service connection for hiatal hernia and increased the rating of left varicocele to 10 percent, effective from March 29, 2007. The ratings for right lower extremity neuropathy and left lower extremity neuropathy were denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hiatal hernia was found to be proximately due to his service-connected mood disorder. His varicocele was rated under the appropriate diagnostic code based on its symptoms of pain, aching, and fatigue that improved with tub baths. The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity neuropathy but denied it as there was no evidence linking it to service or exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"hiatal hernia"}, {"condition_name":"right lower extremity neuropathy"}, {"condition_name":"left lower extremity neuropathy"}, {"condition_name":"left varicocele"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19150046
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.
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