The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right ankle condition and remanded the issue of service connection for a pilonidal cyst.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's right lateral collateral ligament sprain had its onset during service, while the pilonidal cyst may have been related to service based on the Veteran's reported history of driving in trucks post-service and low back pain during service.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle condition, pilonidal cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22008629
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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