The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for pruritus ani is denied as the evidence does not support a finding that his condition more nearly approximates the criteria for a 60 percent disability rating.,Service connection for prostate cancer is denied as there is no evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation, and the weight of the evidence preponderates against a finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis is related to service.

The deciding factor: The evidence does not suggest, nor does the lay evidence indicate, that his pruritus ani more nearly approximates the criteria for a 60 percent disability rating: characteristic lesions involving more than 40 percent of the entire body or more than 40 percent of exposed areas affected; or constant or near-constant systemic therapy required over the past 12-month period.,The Veteran's prostate cancer was not shown as chronic in service, did not manifest to a compensable degree within a presumptive period, and was not noted in service with attributable continuity of symptomatology.

Claimed conditions

Pruritus Ani, Malignant Neoplasms of the Genitourinary System (Prostate Cancer)

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 5, 2019

Citation

19183023

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