Granted
The Board granted service connection for bowel and urinary incontinence, both secondary to the appellant's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports that the appellant's symptoms of bowel and bladder incontinence were caused by her service-connected lumbar spine disability, including cauda equina syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel incontinence, urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098399
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