The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for urinary incontinence, finding no current disability of urinary incontinence and no functional impairment to earning capacity.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of a present disability of urinary incontinence that functionally impaired the Veteran's earning capacity.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 26, 2024
- Citation
- A24086078
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- 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.
- 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.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.
- Partly granted
The appeal was partially granted and dismissed, with service connection for urinary incontinence being granted while other claims were either denied or remanded.
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