The Board has granted an effective date of June 17, 2008 for the grant of a 30 percent disability rating for impairment of sphincter control. The decision finds that it was factually ascertainable that the severity increase occurred within one year prior to the claim date.
The deciding factor: The Board found it was factually ascertainable that the severity increase in the Veteran's impairment of sphincter control symptoms occurred within a year before the June 17, 2008 claim for an increased rating for ulcerative colitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Impairment of sphincter control
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20021752
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of March 1, 2022 for the award of service connection for impairment of sphincter control as secondary to service-connected internal and external hemorrhoids with pruritus ani. The Veteran is also awarded a rating of 60 percent for this condition since March 1, 2022.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for earlier effective dates for service connection of depressive disorder, LLE weakness, and impairment of sphincter control is granted.,An initial rating in excess of 30 percent for MS is denied.,A 10 percent rating for CFS is granted.,A 50 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted.,A 10 percent rating for migraines with visual disturbances is granted.,A rating in excess of 20 percent for LUE weakness is denied.,A rating in excess of 20 percent for RLE weakness is denied.,A 10 percent rating for LLE weakness is granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected Multiple Sclerosis resulted in a compensable rating and effective date of January 20, 2017. The awards for voiding dysfunction, swallowing difficulties, and impairment of sphincter control are also effective from that date.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's IBS is rated at 30 percent from March 5, 2019. Service connection for impairment of sphincter control secondary to service-connected IBS is granted.
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