The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The appeal was focused on whether the Veteran's current conditions are related to his active duty service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners determined that there is no evidence of record showing that the Veteran’s current conditions began during service, or are otherwise etiologically related to an in-service injury, event, or disease, including as secondary to and/or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary incontinence, Headache disorder, Gastrointestinal disorder, Sleep disorder, Back disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189630
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, chronic rhinitis, and obstructive sleep apnea. The headache claim was remanded for further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of urinary incontinence to obtain an adequate VA opinion, specifically addressing secondary causation and aggravation by the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, sleep disorder, erectile dysfunction, and right eye injury as new and relevant evidence was not received to readjudicate these claims.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include alcohol use disorder, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, and PTSD was granted. Other claims for various conditions were denied.
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