Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2009

The Board remands the claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ to schedule an additional VA examination.

The claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, and to reopen the claims for major depressive disorder and an eating disorder are remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, erectile dysfunction, congestive heart failure, hypertension, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, and a lung disorder. The veteran was also denied an initial compensable disability rating for residuals of Hodgkin's disease.

The veteran's hypertension and erectile dysfunction are to be re-evaluated for service connection, including as secondary to his diabetes mellitus.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, and shingles as the evidence did not show that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for polyarteritis nodosa, pemphigus foliaceous, erectile dysfunction with loss of use of a creative organ, bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities and bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities as they were not shown to be related to his active service or in-service herbicide exposure.

The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction was denied as there is no evidence of penile deformity or loss of the glans penis, which are required for a compensable rating.

The veteran's erectile dysfunction was rated noncompensably disabling as it did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic code.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction (ED) based on the finding that it has been aggravated by the veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of two or more service-connected disabilities, at least one such disability is ratable at 40 percent, and the veteran's combined disability rating is 70 percent.

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's service-connected low back and cervical spine disabilities, an initial compensable evaluation for left cervical radiculopathy, and service connection for right ankle weakness, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus with polyneuropathy and hypertension with hypertensive retinopathy do not warrant higher ratings, but his hypertensive cardiovascular disease warrants a 30 percent rating.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy and erectile dysfunction does not warrant a rating in excess of 20 percent.

The veteran's hypertension was rated at 10 percent, and the claims for a compensable rating for diabetic retinopathy and an increased evaluation for diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction were denied.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension as it is not proximately due to or the result of the veteran's service-connected PTSD, and also found that the veteran's service-connected erectile dysfunction does not warrant a compensable rating. The 30 percent rating for PTSD was continued.

The Board denied service connection for a low sperm count as secondary to the in-service shell fragment wound of the scrotum and an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction.

The Board found that the reduction of the veteran's disability evaluation for residuals of prostate cancer with erectile dysfunction from 100 percent to 40 percent, effective July 1, 2005, was proper based on the medical evidence showing no local recurrence or metastasis of prostate cancer and only residual urinary incontinence.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a skin disorder claimed as a residual of exposure to Agent Orange. However, it has denied service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, diabetes mellitus, and PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased disability ratings and TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or unemployability.

The veteran's lumbar spine DDD, diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease in the left lower extremity, and erectile dysfunction were not found to warrant higher initial ratings.