The Board granted an effective date of May 11, 2014 for the award of service connection for urinary incontinence and bowel incontinence as secondary to the Veteran's Parkinson's disease.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 5110(g) and 38 C.F.R. § 3.114(a), which allow for an earlier effective date if all criteria were met as of the effective date of the liberalizing law.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary incontinence, Bowel incontinence
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25042265
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Denied
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.
- 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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