The Board found that the veteran does not have bowel incontinence causally related to service-connected residuals of a pelvic fracture with lumbar spine arthritis. The claim for service connection for multiple joint arthritis as secondary to service-connected pelvic fracture with arthritis of the lumbar spine was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of bowel incontinence and it was not supported by medical evidence and not related to service-connected injury.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple joint arthritis, bowel incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0333926
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Denied
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