The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals, including voiding dysfunction and urinary frequency, are rated at 40 percent effective September 1, 2012. The pre-aggravation baseline level of disability was 20 percent.
The deciding factor: Voiding dysfunction caused by the service-connected prostate cancer residuals is manifested by requiring absorbent materials to be changed two to four times per day and daytime voiding interval less than one hour with nighttime awakening more than five times per night, warranting a 40% rating effective September 1, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer, Voiding dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129548
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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