The Veteran's claims for higher evaluations and earlier effective dates were granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced to show that the Veteran's symptoms of urinary frequency included a daytime voiding interval less than one hour and required absorbent materials at an average rate of two to four times per day, which warranted a higher evaluation under the criteria for voiding dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer status post radical retropubic prostatectomy, bladder cancer with residual impotence and urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090474
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 845 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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