The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a broken tailbone or navel hernia related to service. The Board also found no evidence of aggravation of any pre-existing condition during service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no in-service manifestation or injury related to the claimed conditions, and the Veteran's statements regarding his injuries are inconsistent with other medical records and do not meet the credibility threshold.
- Claimed conditions
- broken tailbone, navel hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2018
- Citation
- 1824457
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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