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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 833 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for inguinal lymphadenopathy as the evidence did not show a current disability related to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence being added to the claims file and not previously considered by the RO. The Veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for trauma, coccygeal region is remanded, as well as the reopening of service connection for inguinal lymphadenopathy.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for inguinal lymphadenopathy was denied, and the bradycardia claim (residuals of lightning strike) was granted. The compensable rating for trauma to the coccygeal region remains denied.,New evidence submitted related to the bradycardia disability, which is now service-connected as secondary to a pre-existing psychiatric condition.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for a compensable disability rating for service-connected trauma, coccygeal region and reopening of claims for inguinal lymphadenopathy and bradycardia have been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
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