The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for post-operative residuals of herniated lumbar discs as secondary to his service-connected pilonidal cyst removal residuals is well grounded. The RO must readjudicate these claims and provide additional development, including VA examinations.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion established a reasonable probability that changes in the veteran's anatomy due to his pilonidal cyst surgery resulted in alterations in his biomechanics which could have led to his chronic back pain, including herniated discs.
- Claimed conditions
- pilonidal cyst removal residuals, post-operative residuals of herniated lumbar discs
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0023595
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What this means for you
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