The Veteran's bladder condition, claimed as frequent urination, is granted service connection secondary to his service-connected prostate cancer. The RO also granted a 40% rating for the residuals of his service-connected prostate cancer effective March 1, 2012.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on secondary service connection due to the Veteran's bladder condition being proximately due to his service-connected prostate cancer. The reduction in the evaluation from 100% to 20% was by operation of law under Diagnostic Code 7528 for malignant neoplasms of the genitourinary system.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder condition, claimed as frequent urination, Prostate cancer residuals
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 26, 2018
- Citation
- 18138539
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