The Board granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for service-connected left inguinal hernia, status post herniorrhaphy and a separate 10 percent rating for the residual scar. The Veteran's symptoms caused marked interference with employment.
The deciding factor: The impairment associated with the Veteran’s service-connected left inguinal hernia, status post herniorrhaphy, most nearly approximated an evaluation of 10 percent disabling due to the symptoms being analogous to a post-operative, recurrent hernia that is readily reducible and well supported by truss or belt.
- Claimed conditions
- left inguinal hernia, residual scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20045640
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- Granted
The Veteran's low back disability, right knee disability, bilateral hallux valgus with degenerative joint disease, bilateral shin splints (tingling of the bilateral lower extremities), tinea versicolor, migraines, and left shoulder disability are all found to have onset during his period of service from July 1996 to July 2008. As a result, these conditions are granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's left inguinal hernia is not considered due to lack of current diagnosis or functional impairment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examinations are inadequate for rating both the hernia and scar conditions, and thus remands these issues to obtain a new examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's left inguinal hernia scars are currently rated at a noncompensable level, but the Board has granted a 20 percent rating for painful scars under Diagnostic Code 7804. The decision also notes that there is no evidence of instability or additional pain contributing to an even higher rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's left inguinal hernia is not rated compensable due to lack of functional impairment equivalent to postoperative hernia recurrent, readily reducible, and well supported by truss or belt.,The Veteran's tinea pedis with onychomycosis is rated 10 percent as it covers less than five percent of the total body area.
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