The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bowel incontinence, finding no evidence that it was caused or aggravated by his service-connected hemorrhoids.
The deciding factor: The January 2025 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's bowel incontinence is less likely than not a complication of his service-connected hemorrhoids, as hemorrhoids do not cause sphincter dysfunction or impairment in bowel control.
- Claimed conditions
- Bowel incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25014810
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,135 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of July 22, 2021, for the awards of service connection for urinary incontinence and bowel incontinence.
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