The veteran's prostate cancer was previously rated at 100% due to hormone therapy. The Board has restored the 100% rating as the current treatment is considered a therapeutic procedure.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's hormonal treatments are contemplated by the 'other therapeutic procedure' provision in Diagnostic Code 7528 and should be treated no differently than if he were submitting to antineoplastic chemotherapy, which often serves as a palliative measure.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0009762
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