The veteran's prostate cancer residuals are currently rated as 40 percent disabling, and the Board has determined that a 60 percent evaluation is warranted.,For the period from May 31, 1996 to the present, the veteran's bilateral hearing loss is rated as noncompensable. For the period from October 10, 2000 onward, the rating for positional vertigo has been increased to a 10 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrates that the veteran experiences urinary frequency necessitating daytime voiding once approximately every 30 minutes and episodes of bowel and bladder incontinence requiring absorbent undergarments changed more than 4 times per day.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Prostate Cancer, Status-Post Radical Prostatectomy with Urinary and Stool Incontinence
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 21, 2002
- Citation
- 0206699
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and residuals of prostate cancer, as well as an increased level of special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The veteran was also denied an earlier effective date prior to August 10, 2022.
- Denied
The Veteran was not in receipt of a totally disabling service-connected disability for the required period, and therefore, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 is denied.
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