He had been suffering from pneumonia after undergoing a hernia operation.

This type of hernia is only a rare cause of sciatic neuralgia.

He died on August 3, 1945 at Palo Alto Hospital while undergoing surgery to repair a hernia.

That wait to insure strategy makes sense if the medical condition is a chronic disease like diabetes or a condition requiring surgery, like cancer or a hernia.

He was reclassified as 4 F and discharged (possibly because of a double hernia Jerry Lewis referred to the surgery Martin needed for this in his autobiography).

That wait to insure strategy makes sense if the medical condition is a chronic disease like diabetes or a condition requiring surgery, like cancer or a hernia. In either case, the individual would be able to purchase insurance after he or she receives the diagnosis.