Granted
The Board granted service connection for inguinal hernia, finding a causal relationship between the disability and the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability, right and left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, left knee disability, and left foot pes planus and plantar fasciitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in equipoise regarding whether the inguinal hernia was caused by the service-connected disabilities, leading to a grant under the benefit-of-the-doubt rule.
- Claimed conditions
- inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095590
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