The Board found that the reduction of the veteran's residuals of prostate cancer from 100 percent to 20 percent was proper and carried out in accordance with procedural requirements.
The deciding factor: Evidence at the time of the reduction did not show an active carcinoma process or metastasis, so a 100 percent rating was no longer warranted. The veteran's residuals were rated based on voiding dysfunction as a 20 percent rating was warranted due to urinary frequency of four times each night.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0603620
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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