The Board has determined that the Veteran's bowel incontinence and erectile dysfunction are not associated with his service-connected lumbar disc disease with degenerative arthritis, thus denying separate ratings for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish an association between the Veteran's service-connected back disability and his bowel incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Bowel Incontinence"}, {"conditionName":"Erectile Dysfunction"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1639899
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