The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 60 percent rating for prostate cancer residuals was granted, with the effective date set at April 24, 2009.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided new and material evidence regarding his urinary incontinence on April 24, 2009, which demonstrated that he required absorbent materials changed more than four times per day to manage his condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer, Urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1760529
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