The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for bilateral defective hearing. The issue of whether a coccyx injury with low back problems is related to military service remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: No medical evidence directly links the veteran's current coccyx injury or low back disorder to his military service, but new evidence supports the reopening of the claim for defective hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- coccyx injury with low back problems, bilateral defective hearing
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2003
- Citation
- 0314152
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What this means for you
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