The Veteran's current sacro-coccygeal injury, including back and hip pain, is being remanded for a medical addendum opinion to determine if it is at least as likely as not related to the in-service jeep accident.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to consider the Veteran's lay contentions of continuity of symptomatology following the in-service jeep accident and all relevant radiograph findings.
- Claimed conditions
- sacro-coccygeal injury, sharp angulation of sacrum, residual of left hip trauma
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2022
- Citation
- 22049206
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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
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a sacro-coccygeal injury, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or chronic condition related to his current symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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