The Board granted a rating of 40 percent, but no higher, for prostate cancer residuals effective September 1, 2024.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed urinary frequency and obstructive voiding, warranting a 40 percent rating under the criteria for voiding dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer residuals, voiding dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25057022
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.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of January 10, 2017, for the award of service connection for voiding dysfunction and peripheral neuropathy in all extremities.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and voiding dysfunction based on presumptive exposure to herbicide agents during the Veteran's service in Thailand.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands all claims for service connection to the AOJ for further development, including obtaining relevant VA and private medical records and scheduling a VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent evaluation for prostate cancer residuals from January 29, 2014 to August 12, 2021.
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