The Board granted service connection for an inguinal hernia, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The appeal was remanded to obtain additional evidence related to a neck pain claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in relative equipoise regarding whether the Veteran has a current diagnosis of an inguinal hernia and that it had its early roots in his USMC physical fitness training, which may have masked symptoms of his hernia during service. The Board finds that there is a nexus between the injury incurred in service and the current inguinal hernia.
- Claimed conditions
- inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088844
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