The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's residuals of prostate cancer, effective January 1, 2016. The Board found that the Veteran's residuals of prostate cancer more closely approximate the criteria for a 60 percent rating due to urinary frequency issues.
The deciding factor: The Veteran testified about his need to use absorbent materials more than four times per day due to voiding dysfunction and incontinence, which supported a higher rating based on voiding dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19187396
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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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