The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been presented to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for a tailbone condition, thus denying the appeal.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to substantiate the Veteran's claim for service connection for a tailbone condition.
- Claimed conditions
- tailbone condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2011
- Citation
- 1147183
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a tailbone condition and remanded the claim for a right hip condition, to include right hip osteoarthrosis.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded all service connection claims for bilateral knee conditions, tailbone condition, bilateral foot conditions, right hip condition, back condition, and right shoulder condition due to missing military personnel records and incomplete STRs. The Veteran's lay assertions of in-service causation are also considered.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for low back disability, neck disability, headaches, shrapnel wound to the face, tailbone condition, neurological impairment of upper and lower extremities, left shoulder disability, and dental disability due to service connection. The reasons include lack of documented treatment in some cases, need for new examinations, and potential service connection based on a motor vehicle accident.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the claims for tailbone and right hip conditions need further examination to determine if they are related to service. The case is being sent back to VA for this purpose.
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