The Veteran's prostate cancer, status post radical prostatectomy, is currently rated at 40 percent and the RO has determined that a higher evaluation is warranted.
The deciding factor: The April 2003 VA examination indicated urinary incontinence requiring four pads per day, which supports the current 40% rating for voiding dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, status post radical prostatectomy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0917678
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