The Board has determined that the Veteran's coccydynia is related to his service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's coccydynia was likely due to a specific tailbone injury or hypermobility of the coccyx, which occurred during service, and thus resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- coccydynia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19195940
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
All appeals for higher initial ratings and service connection were dismissed as they were duplicative of previously addressed appeals or due to untimely filings.
- Dismissed
All appeals for higher ratings, decreased ratings, and service connection claims have been dismissed as the Veteran has already appealed these issues to the Board.
- Dismissed
All appeals for ratings in excess of the current ratings or service connection were dismissed due to impermissible concurrent elections.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for 'burn ban' and granted an effective date of May 12, 2020, but no earlier, for the award of service connection for coccydynia. The Board also denied various rating claims.
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