The Board has determined that the Veteran's disabilities of the tailbone and thoracolumbar spine are etiologically related to injuries suffered in service. Service connection is granted for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found a nexus between the current disabilities and the in-service injuries, supporting the Veteran's assertions of continuity of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- Tailbone, Thoracolumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1626286
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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