The Board has granted an increased evaluation of 60 percent for the veteran's urethral stricture, residuals of a gunshot wound. The evaluations for the residuals of shell fragment wounds to the right buttock and left thigh remain at 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the veteran's urethral stricture required frequent use of absorbent materials due to urinary discharge, nocturia, and dilatation approximately every two to three months. The Board found this met the criteria for a 60 percent evaluation under the applicable rating code.
- Claimed conditions
- Urethral Stricture, Residuals of a gunshot wound to the right buttock, Residuals of a gunshot wound to the left thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0109697
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