The Board denied service connection for carotid artery stenosis, fecal incontinence, a left buttock scar, and bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disorder.,No new evidence or changes in law were provided that could affect these decisions.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that any of the conditions are related to service, including through a service-connected condition. The Veteran did not provide sufficient medical evidence to support his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- carotid artery stenosis, fecal incontinence, left buttock scar, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183710
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