The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for the veteran's residuals of a radical prostatectomy, effective from March 2002.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examination and treatment records showed that the veteran had daytime voiding intervals between one and two hours and awakened to void three to four times per night since his June 1998 radical prostatectomy. These findings met the criteria for a 20 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7527.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a radical prostatectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 7, 2007
- Citation
- 0728144
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