The Veteran's urinary dysfunction due to service-connected priapism is rated at a maximum of 60 percent, the highest rating available under the applicable VA Rating Schedule.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has had continual urine leakage and incontinence requiring absorbent materials changed more than four times per day throughout the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Dysfunction, Priapism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18161338
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- Granted
The Veteran's urinary dysfunction, including urinary frequency and nocturia, is granted as secondary to his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea. The reduction of the rating for hemorrhoids from 10% to noncompensable effective March 31, 2021, was upheld.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there is a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the AOJ's decision and remands the case for further action, including obtaining an addendum medical opinion addressing the nature and likely etiology of the appellant's urinary dysfunction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for urinary dysfunction, claimed as secondary to his service-connected sleep apnea, is being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors. The Board requires a VA examination by a urologist to determine if the Veteran's urinary dysfunction was caused or aggravated by his service-connected sleep apnea.
- Granted
The Veteran's urinary dysfunction is found to be proximately due to his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea, and thus service connection for this condition is granted.
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