The Board denied an increased rating for urinary incontinence and granted restoration of the 30 percent rating for bowel incontinence, while denying an earlier effective date for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that there was material improvement in the Veteran's urinary incontinence to warrant a higher rating. For the bowel incontinence, the reduction was found improper as no objective evidence supported the noncompensable evaluation and the condition had not shown sustained improvement under ordinary conditions of life.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary incontinence, Bowel incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25101082
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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