The veteran was granted a 20 percent evaluation for urethritis from August 25, 2006, and a 40 percent evaluation from that date forward. The decision also granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the genitourinary disorder.
The deciding factor: The predominant symptomatology of increased urinary frequency with a voiding interval between one and two hours and nocturia three or four times per night warranted a 20 percent rating prior to August 25, 2006. For the period since that date, the need for absorbent materials more than twice daily justified a higher 40 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Urethritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0903149
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 325 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for sinusitis and increased ratings of 40% but not higher for lumbosacral strain, urethritis, and depression.
- Granted
The Board has granted an increased disability rating of 60 percent for benign prostatic hypertrophy with urethritis from February 19, 2014.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and new evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's BPH is related to his service-connected urethritis and prostatitis.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals of service connection for interstitial cystitis and urethritis as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to a decision being made.
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