The Veteran's prostate cancer, status-post radical retropubic prostatectomy, is rated at 60 percent effective February 1, 2015. His erectile dysfunction remains noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not demonstrate continued active malignancy or local recurrence of the prostate cancer after February 1, 2015, and the Veteran's residuals were characterized by urinary incontinence requiring absorbent materials more than 4 times per day. The erectile dysfunction was productive of loss of erectile power but no deformity.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20002415
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