The Board has determined that the VA examination and medical opinion are inadequate, as they did not consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding his current symptoms. The Board is therefore remanding the case to obtain a new examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The examination was insufficient in considering the Veteran's reported current symptoms of pain and functional loss related to his claimed bilateral inguinal hernia.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24059451
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a hiatal hernia and a bilateral inguinal hernia as there was no evidence of a current disability, and the medical evidence did not support a finding that either condition was due to or aggravated by service-connected bladder cancer.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for a higher level of special monthly compensation, service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, an earlier effective date for headaches, and an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a bilateral inguinal hernia disability.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates as they are final due to the January 2016 rating decision, and there is no jurisdiction over freestanding claims for an earlier effective date.
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