Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2018

The Board has remanded the claims due to a failure to comply with previous directives for dose assessment and further consideration in accordance with 38 C.F.R. § 3.311.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain or follow substantially gainful employment prior to September 3, 2015.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from obtaining or maintaining gainful employment, and his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric and physical conditions. The claims will be reconsidered after this additional development.

The Veteran's prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction are service connected due to exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. The skin cancer and pulmonary asbestosis claims remain pending.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for SMC by reason of the need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus with hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and gastroparesis is rated at 20 percent prior to June 9, 2016, and 60 percent thereafter. The Veteran's atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease (CAD) is also rated at 60 percent since May 10, 2016. Service connection has been established for right and left upper extremity neuropathy, lip disability, mitral regurgitation and tricuspid regurgitation, glaucoma/cataracts, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and gastroparesis as secondary to diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, right knee injury, and hip arthritis, prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is found to be etiologically related to his service-connected depressive disorder, and he is granted a rating of 100% for loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left upper extremity neurological condition, which is proximately due to his service-connected cervical spine disability. The claim for type II diabetes mellitus and erectile dysfunction was denied.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development, including a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's Paget's disease and erectile dysfunction are related to his service.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his anterior mandibular ostectomy was denied. His depression with pain disorder and generalized anxiety disorder received an initial increased rating to 70 percent effective May 3, 2014.

The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety and undifferentiated somatoform disorder, effective August 31, 2010. The decision also addresses an earlier effective date claim for the increased rating.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, including hypertension, loss of taste/smell, skin disorder (acne), sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, gout, and vestibular disorder are granted. The service connection is established on a direct basis.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is caused by his service-connected PTSD, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right and left shoulder disabilities, erectile dysfunction, and trigeminal neuralgia as secondary to his service-connected multiple sclerosis. The Veteran was not granted any compensable evaluation for his trigeminal neuralgia.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 30 percent disability rating since January 7, 2013. The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction as secondary to his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's hypertension and headaches are service-connected. Service connection for a groin disability, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral shin splints, skin disorder, and erectile dysfunction is not established. The Veteran has an extraschedular rating for his lumbar spine condition and the claim for a higher PTSD rating was denied.

The Veteran's right lower radiculopathy was reduced from 10 percent to noncompensable effective February 11, 2009. The Board restored the original rating of 10 percent.,The Veteran is not entitled to a TDIU rating as his service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

Service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD), prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, squamous cell carcinoma, bilateral upper extremity and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy has been granted.,The Veteran's application to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral vision disorder is granted.