The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left knee condition, right knee condition, fecal incontinence, IBS, and urinary incontinence, all of which were deemed not related to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no current diagnosis of the claimed disabilities and determined that they are not related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee condition, right knee condition, disability manifested by fecal incontinence, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18127728
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