The Veteran's prostate cancer rating was reduced from 60% to 20%, but the Board found this reduction improper and restored the original 60% rating.
The deciding factor: The reduction in rating did not properly apply the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.344, which requires improvement before a rating can be reduced.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of prostate status post radiation treatment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2022
- Citation
- A22024422
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