The Board denied service connection for the veteran's lumbar spine disability, bladder and bowel incontinence, vertigo, and right knee disability as there was no evidence to support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active military service.
The deciding factor: The most persuasive evidence of record weighs against finding that the Veteran's claimed disabilities began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease and arthritis of the lumbar spine, Female stress urinary incontinence (bladder incontinence), Intermittent stress related diarrhea (bowel incontinence), Vertigo, Right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096841
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Decisions by this judge: 845 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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