The Veteran's urinary and bowel disabilities are granted as secondary to her service-connected lumbar spine disability. The rating for the lumbar spine disability is increased to 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran’s urinary and bowel disabilities are proximately due to her service-connected lumbar spine disability, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary disability, Bowel disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- A19001048
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,913 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation A19001048.
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as service connection for various disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a neck disability, a bowel disability, and a low back disability.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed as the benefit sought has already been granted.
- Dismissed
Your claim for service connection for a urinary disability has been dismissed because it is the result of an improper concurrent election under VA regulations.
Free starter guide for your own claim
Reading this because you were denied or under-rated? Get the plain-English next steps — your appeal options, the deadline that protects you, and how appeals like yours turn out. One email, no spam.
We will only use this to send the guide. No spam, unsubscribe any time. We never sell your information.
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.