The Board has granted service connection for residuals of pilonidal cyst and denied service connection for lumbar degenerative disease with radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's residuals of pilonidal cyst are related to service, while his lumbar degenerative disease with radiculopathy is not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of pilonidal cyst, lumbar degenerative disease with radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20078204
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