The Board found no credible or competent evidence of a current diagnosis of a groin disorder, and thus denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no current disability diagnosed in the record that can be linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- groin disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2011
- Citation
- 1137947
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions and inextricably intertwined issues. The Veteran's low back, bilateral leg, groin, migraine headaches, and dizzy spells, vertigo, and Meniere's syndrome claims are being reviewed.
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