The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current bowel/groin or back disability, and finds that these conditions are less likely than not related to service. The claims for service connection for these conditions remain denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was based on the absence of chronic lower back pain in service records and the Veteran's history of resolving gluteal sprain without recurrence during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Groin Pain, Back Strain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1700057
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