Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2009

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a skin condition, erectile dysfunction secondary to paranoid schizophrenia, gastrointestinal disorder secondary to paranoid schizophrenia, and an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for paranoid schizophrenia. The claim for TDIU was also denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's prostate cancer is not related to his military service, including exposure to Agent Orange. The erectile dysfunction is also not considered secondary to the prostate cancer.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected diabetes mellitus and whether his hypertension and erectile dysfunction are related to this condition. The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension is also being remanded.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected carcinoma of the prostate, bursitis of the right shoulder, and erectile dysfunction. The claim for service connection for asbestosis was remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected skin disorder was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating under the applicable criteria.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction as it was not shown to be related to the Veteran's service or caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and industrial background.

The Veteran was denied service connection for diabetic retinopathy and higher ratings for diabetes mellitus, Type II with nephropathy and erectile dysfunction as well as PTSD.

The Veteran is not entitled to a higher rate of SMC for loss of use of a creative organ as the statutory and regulatory rates are fixed.

The Veteran's diabetes does not require regulation of activities, and the associated complications do not warrant a higher rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, erectile dysfunction secondary to PTSD, and an increased rating for headaches.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied as the evidence did not support a higher evaluation or grant of service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II, finding no evidence that the condition was caused by or aggravated by the diabetes.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction, finding that it was not related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus disability. The claims for increased evaluations of lumbosacral strain and diabetic peripheral neuropathy were remanded for further development.

The Board remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension, kidney disease, and erectile dysfunction to obtain an opinion on whether these conditions were caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected diabetes.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer with residual erectile dysfunction, recurrent urinary tract infections, and incontinence, as well as bilateral posterior subcapsular cataracts, finding that the evidence did not support a link to ionizing radiation exposure during active service.

The appeals for initial compensable ratings and effective dates were withdrawn, leaving the TDIU claim as the only issue. The Veteran was granted a 100% disability rating for PTSD on April 3, 2008, making the TDIU claim moot.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, including a VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, was denied as there is no evidence of penile deformity.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied, except for erectile dysfunction which was granted a 20 percent rating. Service connection for PTSD was also granted.