The appeal to readjudicate the claim of entitlement to compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for an additional disability manifested by bowel/fecal incontinence is granted, and the issue is remanded for further consideration.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that tended to prove or disprove a matter in issue regarding the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel/fecal incontinence
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106812
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Decisions by this judge: 352 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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