The Board has determined that the reduction in the evaluation of prostate adenocarcinoma from 100 percent to 20 percent effective February 1, 2011 is improper due to a lack of evidence showing actual improvement and an appropriate determination regarding the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions.
The deciding factor: The RO failed to make specific determinations that there was an actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of work and life, as required by 38 C.F.R. § 4.115a and the Court's holdings in Faust v. West (1999) and Brown v. Brown (1993).
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate adenocarcinoma, Erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1452555
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