The Board has granted a 40 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected urethral stricture, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and testimony established that the veteran experiences daytime voiding intervals less than one hour with associated pain on urination, warranting a 40 percent evaluation under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Urethral stricture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0832483
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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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- Denied
The Veteran's urethral stricture continues to be rated at 30 percent prior to July 26, 2021 and at 40 percent after that date.,The claim for service connection for esophageal acid reflux has been reopened due to new evidence provided by the Veteran.
- Granted
Service connection for GERD is granted, effective September 19, 2008.,Effective date of service connection for urethral stricture is set at September 19, 2008.
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