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.
The deciding factor: The previous medical opinions were found inadequate as they did not address the Veteran's specific medications or history adequately.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110611
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Decisions by this judge: 1,990 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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