Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2015

The Board has determined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is not service connected as secondary to his prostate cancer, and denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of prostate cancer.

The Board has granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and migraine headaches, and has awarded an effective date of December 18, 2009 for a 30 percent rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae. The claim for right carpal tunnel syndrome is being remanded.

The Board found that the Veteran's cause of death (brain herniation due to stroke) was not related to service or his service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is linked to his service-connected prostate cancer.,Peyronie's disease is linked to his service-connected depressive disorder.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the Veteran's exposure to herbicides in Thailand and whether his PTSD, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and other psychiatric conditions are related to service. The case will be remanded for these purposes.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is service-connected as secondary to his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus. The Veteran also has a TDIU effective June 1, 2009.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy, mild cerebral atrophy, erectile dysfunction, and a joint disability of the lower extremities. The evidence does not support that any of these conditions are related to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities combine to a 70 percent evaluation, with an additional grant of special monthly compensation for the loss of use of a creative organ. The case is REMANDED for further examination and readjudication.

The Board has found that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether ED had its onset during service, and thus grants service connection for ED.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction was noted at the time of his retirement physical and has continued since service. The Board grants service connection for this condition as secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to May 12, 2009 for the grant of special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ is denied as there was no claim filed before April 7, 2010 and the earliest evidence of record showing erectile dysfunction is dated in June 2009.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been denied as new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the previously-denied claims.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is not related to service or a service-connected disability, and thus denied his claim.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of bilateral hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, or bilateral pes planus. The claims for service connection were denied as there was no evidence of a current disability in these conditions at any time during the appeal period.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims of service connection for left elbow pain, sinusitis, and depression. However, it denied service connection for left ankle disability and erectile dysfunction.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as there was no evidence of exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides, and the claimed conditions are not related to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on this.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is not considered to be caused by the December 2002 heart surgery at VAMC Indianapolis, and therefore compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for this condition has been denied.

The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is directly related to his military service or secondary to his service-connected PTSD or atherosclerotic heart disease.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and the need for additional examinations.