The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date of November 24, 2003, for service connection due to CUE in a September 1971 rating decision. The claim was related to residuals of a pilonidal cyst with a tender scar.
The deciding factor: The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the September 1971 rating decision that denied service connection for a pilonidal cyst, as there was sufficient evidence at that time to deny the claim based on it being a constitutional or developmental abnormality.
- Claimed conditions
- pilonidal cyst, scar
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0638232
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for initial increased ratings for thoracolumbar spine arthritis, cervical spine arthritis, bilateral lower extremity femoral radiculopathy, and a scar.
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