The Veteran's service-connected bladder cancer with left nephrectomy was rated at 100% from July 29, 2009 to December 13, 2009 due to active malignancy based on local recurrence or metastasis.
The deciding factor: Based on the VA physician's statement, the date of local recurrence or metastasis of the Veteran's bladder cancer was most likely between June 16, 2009 and December 14, 2009. The Board found that this warranted a 100% evaluation from July 29, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, left nephrectomy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 9, 2011
- Citation
- 1117785
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