The veteran's service-connected impotence with a deformity of the penis is now rated at 20 percent effective March 12, 1999.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the finding that the veteran has a penile deformity due to scarring from a catheter used during prostatectomy, which warrants a 20% rating under Diagnostic Code 7522.
- Claimed conditions
- impotence, deformity of the penis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0108493
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