Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for ilioinguinal neuralgia with neurostimulator but granted a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7804 for painful scars (status post hernia repair, right anterior shoulder, right posterior shoulder, mid-back, and left gluteus).
The deciding factor: The disability picture did not meet or more nearly approximate severe incomplete to complete paralysis of the ilioinguinal nerve. However, there were five painful scars which warranted a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- Ilioinguinal neuralgia with neurostimulator, Scars, mid back and left gluteus status post neurostimulator placement, Scar, status post hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017481
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