The veteran's residuals of prostate cancer do not warrant a disability rating in excess of 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show the requirements for a higher rating, including urine leakage requiring absorbent materials changed more than four times per day or urinary frequency with daytime voiding interval less than one hour or awakening to void five or more times per night.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the prostate, residuals of prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0900510
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, adenocarcinoma of the prostate, and erectile dysfunction due to inadequate toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) memoranda and a need for additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of prostate cancer, finding no evidence that the Veteran's condition was related to his active military service or exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for kidney cancer as secondary to the service-connected hypertension and granted a total rating based on individual employability due to service-connected disabilities from March 19, 2024. Other claims were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of residuals of prostate cancer to ensure that the case is forwarded to the Under Secretary for Benefits for consideration under 38 C.F.R. § 3.311.
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.