Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2017

The Veteran's unemployability is due to his service-connected disabilities, which have rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in the evidence and need for further development, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a VA examiner regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus and/or heart disorder of CAD are aggravating his erectile dysfunction.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for necrotic tissue of the brain and spine was granted. The appeal related to increased ratings for his service-connected conditions including multiple sclerosis, anxiety disorder, peripheral neuropathy, and voiding dysfunction were also granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are now considered. The Board has found new evidence that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected ischemic heart disease and/or diabetes mellitus, and thus denied the claim for service connection.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction and SMC are granted secondary to his prostate cancer, but an earlier effective date is denied. The Veteran is currently rated at 20 percent for voiding dysfunction (previously prostate cancer) with a maximum schedular rating of 60 percent since February 24, 2011.

The Board has determined that the effective dates for the grant of service connection for erectile dysfunction and SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ should be July 29, 2008.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction and did not reopen the claims for peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience, warranting a TDIU for accrued benefit purposes.

The Veteran's service-connected esophagus perforation has been granted a 50% rating prior to July 1, 2009 and an 80% rating thereafter. The issue of entitlement to a temporary total rating for surgery requiring convalescence is pending.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a videoconference hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA social and industrial survey to determine his employability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to diabetes mellitus or coronary artery disease, entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ, and an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for PTSD. The evidence did not support higher ratings under any applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board found that the reduction of a 100% rating to 20% for the residuals of prostate cancer with erectile dysfunction prior to February 16, 2017, was proper. However, an increased 40% rating is granted for the residuals of prostate cancer with erectile dysfunction from February 16, 2017.

The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals, including erectile dysfunction and periodic loss of sphincter control, are rated at a 20 percent rating.,Service connection for loss of sphincter control as secondary to the service-connected disability of residuals of prostate cancer is granted.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction and diabetic retinopathy is rated at 20 percent. A separate 20 percent rating for voiding dysfunction secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II, effective June 2, 2016, has been granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran's erectile dysfunction was caused or aggravated by his service-connected disability or medications for a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction has been rated at 20 percent since January 7, 2010. The evidence does not show that the condition requires insulin or regulation of activities.

The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction is rated at 60 percent from February 1, 2016. The hypertension disability is found to be service-connected.,Higher initial ratings for the diabetic complications of upper and lower extremities are denied.