The Board granted service connection for stress urinary incontinence and special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran's stress urinary incontinence was caused by her service-connected musculoligamentous strain of the lumbosacral spine, and she requires regular aid and attendance due to her service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- stress urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25041757
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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