The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a double hernia, finding that the probative evidence did not support a link between the condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided did not find a nexus between the Veteran's claimed double hernia and his military service due to the lack of in-service documentation and post-service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- double hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- 25005901
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,088 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient clarification of the Veteran's diagnosis and etiology of his double hernia condition, as well as a need for an addendum opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of a double hernia due to insufficient evidence and the need for a VA medical opinion.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for residuals of double hernia and an acquired psychiatric disorder (diagnosed as panic disorder) have been granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of service treatment records, and requests for such records have not been properly submitted. The appellant is seeking service connection for a double hernia disability.
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