The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disorder and has granted service connection based on direct evidence showing that the current condition is related to his in-service coccygeal injury.
The deciding factor: The August 2007 VA spine examiner noted lumbar problems and coccygeal injury during service but no current residuals of the coccygeal injury, while a March 2008 VA consultant opined that the Veteran's low back pain was more likely than not due to his coccygeal pain. The Board found these opinions sufficient to establish a link between the in-service injury and the current lumbar spine and coccygeal arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorder, coccygeal arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1022191
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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