The Board restored the Veteran's rating for overactive bladder from 0 percent to 20 percent and granted an increased rating of 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The September 2024 VA examination did not show sustained material improvement under the ordinary conditions of life, while the November 2023 examination showed a more severe condition than the September 2024 one.
- Claimed conditions
- Overactive bladder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110780
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Decisions by this judge: 1,081 · Granted: 38% (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 grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to inadequate VA medical opinions regarding the causation and aggravation of her bladder disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a urinary tract condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS). The opinion of the private medical provider, Dr. J.C., supports that there is a causal relationship between the Veteran's urinary tract conditions and his service-connected back condition.
- Granted
The Board granted a 60 percent rating for the Veteran's overactive bladder condition, effective August 24, 2022.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 27, 2019, for service connection overactive bladder and a 60 percent disability rating from that date.
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