The Veteran's appeal to reduce his disability rating for prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy from 100% to 20% was dismissed because the October 2023 proposed reduction decision did not constitute a final determination and thus could not be appealed.
The deciding factor: The proposed reduction in disability rating was only a proposal, not a final decision that could be appealed.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24072878
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 252 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy, erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for prostate cancer, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus type II due to duty-to-assist errors and a need for additional development of evidence related to in-service chemical exposures.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a male genitourinary disability and erectile dysfunction due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 100 percent rating for prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy from April 27, 2023 to February 24, 2025, but dismissed the appeal as moot beginning February 25, 2025.
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