The Board granted an initial 10 percent disability rating for superior cluneal nerve damage in the left lower extremity, granted a 20 percent disability rating as of March 22, 2023, for a painful scar status post residuals of a pilonidal cystectomy, and granted an initial 30 percent rating for bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated severe incomplete paralysis of the external cutaneous nerve of the left thigh, warranting a 10 percent disability rating. For the painful scar status post residuals of a pilonidal cystectomy, an initial 20 percent rating was granted as of March 22, 2023, based on the finding that the right posterior scar was painful and unstable.

Claimed conditions

superior cluneal nerve damage in the left lower extremity (LLE), painful scar status post residuals of a pilonidal cystectomy, bilateral plantar fasciitis

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 21, 2025

Citation

A25090610

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