Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2017

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of his medical records.

The Veteran's hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and headache disabilities are found to be service-connected.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to the need for additional medical opinions and consideration of new evidence.

The Board found that the Veteran's ED is not related to his military service or his service-connected diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II, with associated complications, is rated at the highest possible schedular rating of 100 percent effective September 14, 2015.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the AOJ for further development, including scheduling a Travel Board hearing in Houston, Texas.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment as of January 3, 2012.

The Veteran's claimed conditions were not incurred or aggravated by active military service, including exposure to herbicides. Service connection is denied for all issues.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus is rated at 20 percent, and his peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities prior to May 23, 2016 is rated at 10 percent. The Veteran does not meet criteria for a higher rating for these conditions. His hypertension is currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is rated as noncompensable.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ. The initial rating for penile scar status post circumcision was granted but at a non-compensable level.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded to the AOJ for further development and readjudication. The AOJ will schedule a videoconference hearing before the Board at the earliest opportunity.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is related to his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or directly related to his military service.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction and gastrointestinal disorder (including GERD and hiatal hernia) are not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident in service, and were not caused or aggravated by service-connected disabilities, and/or medications taken for service-connected disabilities.,The Veteran's hiatal hernia is a congenital defect that was not aggravated beyond its natural progression as a result of his military service.

The Veteran is not rendered unable to obtain (secure) or maintain (follow) substantially gainful employment as a result of service-connected disabilities for any period.

The Veteran's appeal for a TDIU was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew her appeal prior to the Board issuing a decision.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, including diabetes mellitus, type II; left acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma; eye disorder (including diabetic retinopathy); neuropathy; a disorder manifested by numbness of the hands; erectile dysfunction; and hypertension. The appeal is not about service connection at all.

The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction are related to medications prescribed for his service-connected psychiatric and low back disabilities. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is granted.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD. His coronary artery disease has been rated at the maximum allowable under VA guidelines.