The Veteran is granted a rating of 20 percent for the mass of the right corpus tunica, and service connection for an abdominal disability. The back disability remains at a noncompensable rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's urinary dysfunction due to the mass of the right corpus tunica warrants a 20 percent rating based on his reported symptoms of frequent urination and awakening to void three times per night. For the back disability, the Board finds no basis for a higher rating as there is no evidence of ankylosis or muscle spasm severe enough to result in abnormal gait or spinal contour.
- Claimed conditions
- Mass of the right corpus tunica, Back disability (lumbar degenerative disc disease), Abdominal disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 13, 2014
- Citation
- 1410420
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