The veteran's service-connected prostatitis with urethral stricture was granted an initial disability evaluation of 20 percent effective June 2, 1997.
The deciding factor: The VA Regional Office (RO) granted the veteran's claim for a higher disability rating based on the current symptomatology and established criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatitis with urethral stricture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0020543
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a higher rating for prostatitis with urethral stricture to obtain additional evidence and ensure proper evaluation of the disability.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for prostatitis with urethral stricture was granted, and he is now receiving a 20 percent rating effective from December 4, 2001. The original 10 percent rating assigned from July 9, 1971 to December 4, 2001 remains in place.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected prostatitis with urethral stricture was granted, effective July 9, 1971. The RO also found clear and unmistakable error in a prior rating decision that did not grant service connection for the condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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