The Veteran is granted service connection for bladder and bowel incontinence as secondary to his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, effective August 29, 2003.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bladder and bowel incontinence are related to his service-connected DDD of the lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Bladder incontinence, Bowel incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1802883
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board denied an effective date prior to December 4, 2024, for the grant of service connection for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine and denied initial compensable ratings for bilateral hearing loss and a lumbar spine disability. However, it granted a 20 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with the service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for various disabilities and granted earlier effective dates for service connection of scars, but denied an earlier effective date for individual unemployability.
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