Other conditions

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 Board decisions mentioning Other conditions

20% were granted or partly granted.

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 whole-decision outcomes, not condition-specific success rates or a prediction of your case.

Granted 19%
Partly granted 1%
Remanded 28%
Denied 41%
Dismissed 11%

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Theories recorded in granted decisions

These are decision-level labels in granted or partly granted decisions mentioning Other conditions. They do not establish which theory succeeded for this condition.

Direct service connection30,425
Reopened with new & material evidence3,873
Presumptive (no nexus needed)3,204

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