The Board denied the claims for service connection for bowel and bladder disorder and stomach disorder, as well as the earlier effective date claim for lumbosacral strain disability. The total disability rating based on individual unemployability was granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an earlier effective date for the lumbosacral strain disability or service connection for bowel and bladder disorder and stomach disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Bowel and Bladder Disorder, Stomach Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0033282
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What this means for you
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