The Board found that the reduction from a 100% to a 20% evaluation for post radical retropubic prostatectomy for cancer of the prostate was proper. The veteran's service-connected condition is manifested by stress incontinence requiring one to two pads per day and needing to urinate three to five times at night, which aligns with a 20% disability rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran’s symptoms do not warrant an evaluation higher than 20 percent as his voiding dysfunction does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation based on frequency or duration of use of absorbent materials.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0204870
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