The veteran's claim for service connection for Raynaud's Disease was denied, while his claim for a higher initial evaluation of his service-connected prostate cancer (status post-radical prostatectomy) was granted. The prostate cancer is rated as noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The prostate cancer has not resulted in any local reoccurrence or metastasis and the veteran does not have obstructed voiding, thus a noncompensable rating for urinary incontinence adequately represents his disability level.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer, Raynaud's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0018018
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