The Board has denied service connection for gait instability, neurogenic bladder dysfunction with retention, neurogenic bowel incontinence, peri-rectal pain, neuropathic pain, and acute post-operative pain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tumor of the spine.,Service connection is not granted because there is no evidence that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active service.
The deciding factor: The Board has denied secondary service connection for gait instability, neurogenic bladder dysfunction with retention, neurogenic bowel incontinence, peri-rectal pain, neuropathic pain, and acute post-operative pain as they are not shown to be related to the Veteran's active service.
- Claimed conditions
- tumor of the spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19138885
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