In 2021, the VDH Scientific Advisory Board issued a recommendation on the use of ridgeless dogs in Rhodesian Ridgeback breeding. 

Members of the VDH Scientific Advisory Board at this time (source: VDH homepage):
Dr. Dagmar Heydeck, Dr. Helga Eichelberg, Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c. Martin S. Fischer, Dr. Hans-Joachim Koch, Dr. Jan-Gerd Kresken, Prof.Dr. Ingo Nolte, Dr. Tina Brahm, Prof.Dr. Tosso Leeb, Dr. Barbara Schöning, Dr. Bernd Tellhelm, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zentek, Prof.Dr. Peter Friedrich, Barbara Pallasky, Prof.Dr. Leo Brunnberg, Prof.Dr. Guido Dehnhardt, Prof.Dr. Anne-Rose Günzel-Apel, Prof.Dr. Andreas Moritz, Prof.Dr. Uwe Truyen.

Following the official publication of a study by Prof. Distl on the topic of Dermoid Sinus in 2022, the VDH Scientific Advisory Board looked at and analyzed the results of the study. The result: 
"The Scientific Advisory Board stands by its recommendation to integrate ridgeless dogs in breeding“.