The Board has determined that the Veteran's bowel and bladder incontinence is at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, thus granting service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected DDD and his current diagnosis of bowel and bladder incontinence.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel and bladder incontinence
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22013938
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