The Board granted service connection for incontinence as a secondary condition related to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar degenerative changes with low back strain.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that obesity, which is proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability, served as an intermediate step leading to her current incontinence.
- Claimed conditions
- incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25008203
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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