The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's healed pilonidal cyst with hypopigmentation, finding that his symptoms most closely approximate characteristic lesions involving more than 20 to 40 percent of his entire body.

The deciding factor: The probative evidence supports a 30 percent rating as the Veteran's symptoms involve more than 20 to 40 percent of his body, but there is no evidence of constant or near-constant systemic therapy required over the past 12-month period.

Claimed conditions

healed pilonidal cyst with hypopigmentation

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

30%

Decision date

October 24, 2025

Citation

A25092388

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