The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a fracture of the coccyx due to lack of medical evidence showing current disability.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that the veteran currently suffers from any disability or functional impairment attributable to a claimed fracture of the coccyx.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the coccyx
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0101438
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to new evidence received after the February 2022 Supplemental Statement of the Case.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected fracture of the coccyx resulted in a 10% rating, which is the maximum schedular rating for partial or complete removal of the coccyx with painful residuals. The Board found no additional functional impairment on repetitive motion and denied an increased rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's service-connected coccyx fracture and assigned a compensable disability rating of 10 percent.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a coccyx fracture warrant a 10 percent disability rating, as this condition manifests as pain and tenderness in the area of the coccyx without clinical indication of other symptomatology.
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