The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and right ankle disability. Additionally, the Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for her mood disorder with depressive features.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a nexus between the Veteran's current disabilities and their active-duty service, as well as the severity of her mood disorder symptoms affecting occupational and social functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, right ankle disability, mood disorder with depressive features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25057111
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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