The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected ventral hernia, effective February 9, 2015.
The deciding factor: Based on the evidence of record and resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, the Board found that his ventral hernia was large and not well supported by a belt under ordinary conditions from February 9, 2015, to the present (exclusive of the period from February 25, 2015, to March 31, 2015).
- Claimed conditions
- ventral hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25007807
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Granted
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