The Board finds that the Veteran's bladder and bowel incontinence is not related to service or his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and therefore denies both direct and secondary service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a link between the Veteran's post-service bladder and bowel incontinence and an injury, disease, or event of service origin. The Board also finds that there is no competent medical opinion linking the Veteran's bladder and bowel incontinence to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder and bowel incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1452687
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