The Veteran's service-connected prostatitis is currently rated at 20 percent, but the Board finds that his symptoms do not warrant a higher rating due to other significant disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple significant non-service-connected conditions which limit his ability to function and affect his quality of life more than his prostatitis does.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostatitis, Muscular Dystrophy, Bowel Incontinence, Lower Limb Paraplegia, Stroke, Renal Cysts, Neurogenic Bladder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1032616
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted earlier effective dates of April 1, 2016 for SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance, loss of use of both feet, and under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(o) and (r)(1).,These awards are in full grant of the benefit sought as the Veteran's attorney explicitly requested an effective date in April 2016.
- Denied
The Veteran's prostate cancer with voiding dysfunction is rated at 20 percent, and a separate 10 percent rating for bowel incontinence is granted. The Veteran's prostate cancer symptoms do not warrant an increased rating, but his bowel incontinence is found to be consistent with the criteria for a 10 percent rating.
- Granted
The Veteran is found to be eligible for enrollment in the PCAFC program due to his severe and complex medical conditions, which require personal care services.
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