The Veteran's claims for service connection for a nerve disability and bladder dysfunction secondary to his service-connected back disability have been denied. His claim for an increased rating for ankylosing spondylosis has also been denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support the presence of a nerve disability or bladder dysfunction that is proximately due to or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected back disability, and his ankylosing spondylosis was rated at 40 percent based on unfavorable ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve disability, bladder dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2019
- Citation
- A19002200
What this means for you
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