The Board has determined that the Veteran did not incur an additional disability of bowel/fecal incontinence and urgency due to VA care and treatment, specifically his August 9, 2000 hemorrhoidectomy. The current symptoms are not attributable to any fault on the part of VA.
The deciding factor: The Board found no evidence that the Veteran's current condition was caused by hospital care or medical treatment provided by VA, nor did it find any event not reasonably foreseeable resulting in his additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Fecal Incontinence, Bowel Urgency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21039682
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a urinary disability, claimed as urinary incontinence, is granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a fecal incontinence disability, including as secondary to a pelvic floor disability, is remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's initial claim for a 60 percent rating for fecal incontinence was granted. The effective date of Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) based on permanent and total disability status is set at February 26, 2020. The earlier effective date for service connection for fecal incontinence prior to August 16, 2019, is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. §1151 due to a lack of evidence showing that his bowel/fecal incontinence was caused by VA care and treatment following an August 9, 2000 hemorrhoidectomy.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of fecal incontinence and a rating for irritable bowel syndrome due to the need for further medical examination and evaluation.
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