The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right inguinal hernias, status post repair, and their respective scars due to a lack of an adequate etiological opinion.
The deciding factor: The case is remanded because there was no etiological opinion provided regarding the likelihood of a nexus between the Veteran's current diagnoses and his service, which is required for a complete rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left inguinal hernia, status post repair, right inguinal hernia, status post repair, right inguinal hernia repair scar, left inguinal hernia repair scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24065068
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's scars are rated as noncompensable, but a 10 percent rating is granted for painful left inguinal hernia scar.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left inguinal hernia repair scar is not entitled to a compensable rating, but he is granted a separate 10 percent rating for painful scars. The PTSD with TBI remains at the current 50% and 70% ratings respectively.,Service connection claims for cardiac arrhythmia and GERD are remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for the Veteran's service-connected right inguinal hernia repair scar, with pain, but denied a compensable rating for the same condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for various conditions, including left ear hearing loss, right inguinal hernia, breast hypertrophy, Raynaud's syndrome, and scar from inguinal hernia repair.
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