Question:

I am having active surveillance and watchful waiting for service-connected prostate cancer. Can they reduce my benefit from 100% to 20%?

Jim's Reply:

If you have been diagnosed with an agent orange related prostate cancer and you have had no treatment, your rating should remain at 100% disabled as a temporary rating. Only if and when you elect to have some sort of treatment would that 100% rating fall.
 

This is the VA we're dealing with so mistakes are made. They will frequently see that you took an aspirin and credit that as treatment for your cancer and reduce the rating. Yes, really...it happens every day.
 

If that happens to you, you should appeal as soon as you can get to it. Be aware that it happens all too often and then repeats. Good luck sir.