The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected recurrent pilonidal cyst with tender scar and incomplete rupture of the rectus femoris muscle, left leg, on an extraschedular basis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners provided conflicting opinions regarding whether the Veteran's conditions caused marked interference with employment. The examiner who reviewed the Veteran's physical condition found that his conditions did not cause significant interference with employment, while another examiner concluded they would cause marked interference with physically active jobs but not sedentary ones.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent pilonidal cyst with tender scar, Incomplete rupture of rectus femoris muscle, left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2013
- Citation
- 1315247
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The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development in accordance with a Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMPR). The issues of an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for the recurrent pilonidal cyst with tender scar and an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for the incomplete rupture of the rectus femoris muscle of the left leg are remanded to the RO via the Appeals Management Center.
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