Service connection for prostate cancer residuals was granted with a 10% initial disability rating effective from August 20, 2007. The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals included occasional urinal 'dribbling' that did not require the use of absorbent material, nocturia requiring voiding twice per night, and daytime urinary frequency requiring voiding approximately once every two to two and a half hours prior to May 28, 2013.,From May 28, 2013 onwards, service connection for prostate cancer residuals was granted with a 20% initial disability rating. The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals included ongoing urinal 'dribbling' that still did not require the use of absorbent material, nocturia requiring voiding four times per night, and daytime urinary frequency requiring voiding approximately once every one to two hours.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that prior to May 28, 2013, the Veteran's prostate cancer residuals included occasional urinal 'dribbling' which did not require absorbent material, nocturia requiring voiding twice per night, and daytime urinary frequency requiring voiding approximately once every two to two and a half hours. From May 28, 2013 onwards, his symptoms worsened with ongoing urinal 'dribbling', four times nightly nocturia, and one to two hourly daytime urinary frequency.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Hepatitis C, Spinal Meningitis, Prostate Cancer Residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1327948
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