The Board denied an increased rating for prostate cancer and the reduction of the disability rating from 60 percent to 40 percent effective December 1, 2024.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the appellant's service-connected prostate cancer resulted in renal dysfunction or voiding dysfunction requiring absorbent materials changed more than four times per day at any time during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer with voiding dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25046433
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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