The Veteran's bladder cancer residuals are rated as noncompensable under Diagnostic Code 7528, but the Board has granted a compensable rating of 40 percent for urinary frequency with daytime voiding interval less than one hour or awakening to void five or more times per night.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bladder cancer residuals manifested by urinary frequency warranted a higher rating based on the criteria provided in the Rating Schedule, specifically the provision for voiding dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- polycythemia vera, bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 18, 2026
- Citation
- A26014892
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