The Board has decided to remand the case due to a missed VA examination, and the Veteran needs to be rescheduled for an examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran missed the scheduled VA examination, which is necessary to determine the nature and cause of his coccyx injury.
- Claimed conditions
- coccyx injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19147084
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for headaches, obstructive sleep apnea, coccyx injury, and chronic ingrown toenails.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal regarding an earlier effective date for a 40 percent rating for lumbar degenerative disc disease with coccyx injury is dismissed because the issue was not properly identified in his Notice of Disagreement.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and evaluation of his left knee, coccyx injury, right foot disability, left foot disability, and adjustment disorder with depressed mood and insomnia due to new evidence or further examination.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's hypertension with hypertensive heart disease is granted as presumptively related to his service in Thailand, and the PACT Act of 2022 applies. The COPD is denied due to lack of a current diagnosis or causal link to service.
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