The Board has granted a 10 percent evaluation for prostatitis, finding that the veteran's obstructed voiding warrants this rating. The claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder was denied.
The deciding factor: Obstructed voiding involving symptoms such as post-void residuals greater than 150 cc is evaluated at a 10 percent disability level under Diagnostic Code 7527.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0613186
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