Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable rating for recurrent ventral hernia due to inadequate VA examination and missing private treatment records.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's report was deemed inadequate as it did not consider all relevant evidence regarding the operability of the Veteran's hernia, leading to a need for additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent ventral hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094701
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