The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for stress incontinence as secondary to her service-connected low back disability should be remanded due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on a duty to assist error prior to the August 2024 rating decision, which was then subject to higher-level review. The Board found that additional development is needed to address the secondary service connection claim properly.
- Claimed conditions
- stress incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2026
- Citation
- A26032088
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a compensable evaluation of stress incontinence and bilateral hearing loss to schedule additional VA examinations.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for various conditions but granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD prior to November 27, 2023.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for stress incontinence, vaginitis, bilateral plantar fasciitis, lumbosacral strain with mild levoscoliosis, anxiety disorder with TBI, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with patellar dislocation, and bilateral hearing loss. The claims for increased ratings were also dismissed. The Board remanded several other claims for further development.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for right knee joint pain, left knee joint pain, left hip arthralgia with thigh splints, gynecological disorder, human papillomavirus, stress incontinence, allergic rhinitis, and tinnitus was denied. The veteran was granted a 70% rating for posttraumatic stress disorder. The claims for service connection for neck pain and lower back pain were remanded.
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