The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for his service-connected urinary disability, which is rated as 40 percent disabling effective November 29, 2010, has been denied. The evidence does not support a finding of more than the currently assigned 40 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's urinary disability manifests with intermittent urinary leakage that requires absorbent materials less than two times per day, which is within the scope of the current 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7517 for voiding dysfunction. No other diagnostic codes are applicable as he does not have symptoms warranting a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder injury, Urinary leakage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1737654
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's postoperative complications from a June 2003 radical prostatectomy, including urinary incontinence and the need for anticoagulation therapy due to prolonged bleeding, were not reasonably foreseeable. The Board finds that these complications are service-connected.
- Whole decision: Denied
The VA medical treatment in April 2002 did not result in any new or additional bladder disability, and the Veteran's current symptoms are better explained by his prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran seeks compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a bladder injury resulting from VA TURP surgery in April 2002. The case is remanded to obtain an opinion on whether the current chronic disability is due to carelessness, negligence or some other incident of fault on the part of VA.
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