The Board denied service connection for left leg arthritis, back disability, right knee and left knee disabilities but granted a 70 percent rating for the psychiatric disability from January 4, 2019.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show current diagnoses of the claimed conditions or etiological relationships to service, except for the psychiatric disability where reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg arthritis disorder, back disability (degenerative arthritis of the spine and spinal stenosis), right knee arthritis and instability, left knee arthritis and instability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25042381
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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