The Board granted service connection for right knee strain and denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. The rating for the right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain was also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a direct link between the Veteran's right knee strain and his military service, but did not establish a current psychiatric disability or a connection between any such condition and service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee strain, psychiatric disability, to include depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050561
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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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