The Board has denied the veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for postoperative ventral hernia from August 30, 1993 to May 11, 2003 due to lack of evidence showing need for a support belt.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show that the appellant required a hernia belt during this period and his statements were considered less persuasive than objective findings.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative ventral hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2026
- Citation
- A26022123
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities not precluding him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for major depressive disorder, bilateral hearing loss, headaches (secondary to sleep apnea), an acquired psychiatric disorder (including major depressive disorder and anxiety) secondary to service-connected disabilities, a higher rating for sleep apnea, and a compensable rating for postoperative ventral hernia. The Veteran's claim for reopening of the previously denied claim of service connection for major depressive disorder has been granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's postoperative ventral hernia is rated as 20 percent disabling, effective March 30, 2007. Service connection for a surgical scar related to the service-connected postoperative ventral hernia is also granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for higher evaluations were granted, with a 20 percent evaluation assigned for residuals of splenectomy and postoperative ventral hernia. Separate compensable evaluations were also granted for residual scars from shrapnel wounds.
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