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These are Board decisions whose condition isn't yet one of our named hubs. They are still real, vetted decisions — use the search and filters on the decisions page to find ones like yours, and the library's named conditions keep growing.
Across 239,517 real Board appeals for Other conditions
A denial is often not the end either — remands (shown below) are sent back for more development and can still end in a grant. These are historical outcomes, not a prediction of your case.
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Among the appeals that were granted or partly granted, the most common ways Other conditions was linked to service:
In appeals where Other conditions was the only condition decided and the Board granted it, the rating most often assigned was:
These appeals involved a recognized exposure — which can mean the link to service is presumed, with no nexus to prove:
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hip articular cartilage disorders with an effective date of July 27, 2022.
The Veteran is granted an effective date of January 8, 2020 for SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to service-connected chronic seronegative myasthenia gravis and hoarseness.
The Board found clear and unmistakable error in the December 2018 rating decision that granted service connection for right and left hip strains, resulting in a reduction to noncompensable ratings effective June 27, 2018.
The Veteran's right hand weakness of all fingers was first manifested in March 2021, and entitlement arose at that time. The effective date for the award of service connection is set to November 29, 2021.
The Veteran's claim for service connection for HSV-1, or oral herpes, is granted. The effective date of the award is August 6, 2021.
The Veteran's cause of death, glioblastoma, is determined to be due to his in-service herbicide exposure (Agent Orange). The Board granted service connection for the cause of death.
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