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Q575:  I wish to reopen claim for in continence due to cancer surgery for bladder and prostate. I am impotent.  What do I have to do to reopen claim?

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A1:  Provided you are service connected (SC) for the prostate cancer and/or prostate cancer. all you need to do is complete a 21-526ez. Your claim would be "urinary incontinence or fecal incontinence (whichever you have) secondary to my SC prostate cancer or bladder cancer". Whichever one you are SC for. As far and the impotency issue, you would file for ED secondary to whichever disability your doctor says caused ED. You have to have a diagnosis of ED and be prescribed medicine for it. If it's determine the ED is caused by whichever (prostate or bladder cancer) you are SC for, you will be assigned a special monthly compensation (SMC). Your rating for the ED would be zero but you would receive additional money for the SMC. You would use a VA Form 21-526ez to file for these contentions unless you were previously denied for prostate cancer or bladder cancer, then you would use a VA Form 20-0995. A letter from your doctor stating your incontinence and/or ED is related, or caused by, your SC prostate cancer or bladder cancer.  (DS)  11/20/20

      

A2:  Fill out a 21-526ez and make in continence secondary to prostate cancer as bladder cancer has not yet been added to the agent Orange registers. Also file for erectile dysfunction secondary to prostate cancer.  (GR)  11/20/20

       

A3:   I know I was exposed to agent orange while on CV43 1969 to 1970. We could see it being dropped and at the time we didn't know what it was that we were getting on our exposed skin and cloth while working on the flight deck when we had strong winds.  (JI)  11/20/20