Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2016

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and erectile dysfunction, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to his active duty service. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is also granted.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for tinnitus, erectile dysfunction, diabetes mellitus, and obesity, as well as the earlier effective date for depression. The TDIU claim is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to inconsistencies in the record regarding the Veteran's service, exposure history, and potential presumptive conditions.

The Veteran's claim for an annual VA clothing allowance for the year 2013 is being remanded due to the need for additional clinical determination regarding the use of his service-connected fibromyalgia with chronic fatigue syndrome braces and their impact on his clothes.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the AOJ for preparation of an SOC and consideration of his claims, including TDIU.

The Veteran's service connection claims for flat feet, facial bumps, scoliosis, right eye disability, and erectile dysfunction have been granted. The initial rating assigned is 10 percent for TBI.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are at least as likely as not related to his active duty service. The decision also notes that the erectile dysfunction is secondary to medications used to treat a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his PTSD. The Board will also obtain an opinion regarding whether his service-connected disabilities have affected his ability to work.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the issues of entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, and an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder prior to June 7, 2013, and in excess of 50 percent thereafter.

The Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The appeals for service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction are REMANDED.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II is rated at 20 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected PTSD and whether hypertension and ED are related to service or service-connected conditions.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a back injury, to include sciatica and erectile dysfunction (claimed as residual of treatment for pneumonia), as well as psychiatric disability, asbestos-related disease, and bilateral hearing loss. The Board found that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or any related in-service events.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were granted, with the effective date set at May 12, 2014. The Veteran was awarded service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and any related Social Security Administration records. He also needs to be scheduled for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his sleep disorder, erectile dysfunction, acid reflux, and hepatitis C.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including an addendum medical opinion on the etiology of his erectile dysfunction and a new VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's low back disorder, psychiatric disorders, and erectile dysfunction.

The Veteran's prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, bladder disorder (voiding dysfunction), and residual scar from radical prostatectomy are all found to be related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's asthma with COPD is rated at 100 percent effective February 11, 2013. Sleep apnea is found to be secondary to his service-connected asthma and COPD. Erectile dysfunction is not found to be related to or aggravated by the service-connected hypertension.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for diabetes mellitus, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy and erectile dysfunction were denied. The initial ratings assigned upon the award of service connection have been found inadequate.