The Veteran's inguinal hernia surgery is service-connected, and he is assigned a 10 percent rating for the residuals. The Board has remanded all other service connection claims due to lack of evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations confirmed that the Veteran had an inguinal hernia which resolved during active duty, and this condition qualifies as secondary service-connected based on his prior service.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, residuals of right inguinal hernia surgery to include surgical scar, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), neck condition, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, left wrist condition, right wrist condition, finger condition, left hip condition, right hip condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left foot condition, right foot condition, painful joints, muscle pain, hypothyroidism, xerosis cutis, genitourinary condition, lumbosacral strain, left ankle sprain, right ankle sprain, circumcision residuals
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24082823
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and lumbar radicopathy, right side, secondary to the lumbosacral strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
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