In Workers’ Compensation, it’s a fact of life that some patients experience damage to the spinal cord, either as a result of their initial injury, an age-based progression thereof, or as a consequence of spinal surgery. As a result, some claimants end up with either diminished or outright loss of control of their bladder and/or bowel. While some claimant’s attorneys believe having such a consequential problem is a golden ticket to a total disability, and incontinence is clearly an aggravating factor, whether the claimant would have a total disability really depends on the other circumstances surrounding the claim.