The Board has determined that the veteran's sacroiliac disorder, diagnosed as coccydynia and degenerative joint disease at L5-S1, was incurred in active service.
The deciding factor: Service medical records show a chronic sacroiliac disorder was incurred during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- sacroiliac disorder, coccydynia, degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0418918
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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