The veteran's service-connected prostate cancer resulted in a 60 percent rating from January 30, 2003. The Board found that his degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine is secondary to his prostate cancer and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's urological problems were due to his prostate cancer surgery, which led to a secondary diagnosis of degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine.
- Claimed conditions
- status post radical prostatectomy for carcinoma of the prostate, degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628646
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What this means for you
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