The Board granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for the Veteran's service-connected residuals of bladder cancer based on urinary frequency.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed minimal residual symptoms, including nocturia and blood in urine, warranting a 10 percent rating under the criteria for voiding dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer residuals
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25023197
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a higher rating for the residuals of bladder cancer but granted an earlier effective date for service connection.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 100 percent from July 1, 2023, to July 31, 2023, for service-connected bladder cancer residuals and denied a compensable disability rating from August 1, 2023.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain private treatment records and a retrospective opinion regarding the manifestations of the Veteran's bladder cancer residuals.
- Dismissed
The appeals for increased ratings and service connection were dismissed due to untimely filings.
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