Partly granted
The Board granted a single initial 20 percent rating for the Veteran's painful and unstable pilonidal sinus removal scar and left small finger scar, effective from June 14, 2017, but denied an initial rating higher than 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The scars were found to be painful and unstable, warranting a single 20 percent rating under the applicable criteria, but no higher due to their limited impact on function.
- Claimed conditions
- pilonidal sinus removal scar, left small finger scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25013014
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