The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability of the groin, and thus service connection for residuals of a right groin injury is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent or credible evidence of pathology of the groin during the pendency of this claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right groin injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2014
- Citation
- 1421981
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