The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for the service-connected residual scarring of the bladder outlet, status post radiation treatment for prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: To rate each of these disorders relying on the same symptomatology of urinary frequency; nocturia five to six times a night; urge incontinence; and some painful urination would violate the rule against pyramiding.
- Claimed conditions
- residual scarring of the bladder outlet (claimed as blood in the urine), recurrent urinary tract infections, chronic urinary obstruction, hydrouretero-nephrosis, hydronephrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0603808
What this means for you
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