The Board has determined that the reduction of the veteran's prostate cancer disability from 100% to 20% was procedurally proper and finds that a compensable evaluation (40%) for the residuals of prostate cancer is warranted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran continues to experience urinary leakage, incontinence, and impotence as residual effects of his prostate cancer surgery. These symptoms more nearly approximate a 40% disability rating under voiding dysfunction criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0117631
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