The Veteran's increased urinary frequency and voiding dysfunction are currently rated at 40 percent, effective April 5, 2024. The Board found the evidence does not support a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the voiding dysfunction required the use of an appliance or absorbent materials which must be changed more than four times per day to warrant a maximum 60 percent rating for urinary frequency.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Frequency, Voiding Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2026
- Citation
- A26001543
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