The Board denied the appeal to reopen the claim of service connection for inguinal lymphadenopathy and denied a compensable rating for trauma, coccygeal region.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the March 2002 final rating decision was not new and material, and there is no evidence relating the Veteran's inguinal lymphadenopathy to service. For the entire period on appeal, the Veteran's trauma, coccygeal region has been rated as noncompensable under Diagnostic Code 5298, for removal of the coccyx without painful residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- inguinal lymphadenopathy, trauma, coccygeal region
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25012441
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