The Board has granted a disability rating of 40 percent for the Veteran's bilateral inguinal hernia disability, effective from the date of the appeal. The maximum schedular rating under DC 7338 is assigned.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms warranted an increased disability rating higher than 30 percent due to the presence of bilateral inguinal hernia with postoperative recurrent nature and pain during activities such as bending over, ADLs, walking, and climbing stairs.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Inguinal Hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2024
- Citation
- A24083762
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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