Granted
The Veteran is granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disability following inguinal hernia and testicular surgeries, which was not reasonably foreseeable.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor, finding that an additional disability was caused by the surgeries and was not reasonably foreseeable.
- Claimed conditions
- status post-inguinal hernia and testicular surgeries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25002528
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