The Board has granted service connection and a temporary total disability rating for prostate cancer, effective November 30, 2005. The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for residuals of prostate cancer is denied as the evidence does not support a higher than 60 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran changed his absorbent materials more than four times per day, meeting the criteria for a 60 percent rating under voiding dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- Right clavicle disability, Prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1016703
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What this means for you
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