The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 60 percent for prostate cancer, to include restoration of a 100 percent rating, is denied. The Board finds that the reduction from 100 percent to 60 percent was proper and there is no basis for restoring the previous 100 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not reflect active prostate cancer at the time of the proposed reduction, and residuals alone cannot serve as a basis for continuation or restoration of a 100 percent evaluation for prostate cancer under DC 7528.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1032287
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