The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for status-post coccyx injury, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not presented to reopen the previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- coccyx injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0519104
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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