The Board has determined that the Veteran's coccyx disability is related to service and grants the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion and lay evidence support a finding of service connection for the coccyx disability, with no contrary evidence in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- coccyx disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19111425
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19111425.
What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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: Granted
The April 24, 1995, Rating Decision was reversed and service connection for coccyx disability is granted. Other motions for revision of the April 24, 1995, Rating Decision were denied or remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for increased ratings was granted, including a 10% rating for coccyx disability and separate ratings for left and right upper extremity radiculopathy and left lower extremity tibial radiculopathy.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a coccyx disability, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability and a coccyx disability, both found to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome with levoscoliosis.
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