Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2020

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development and evaluation of his stroke residuals, PTSD, and erectile dysfunction.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone did not prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to December 11, 2009. The Board denied the claim for TDIU on both schedular and extraschedular grounds.

The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent from April 8, 2011 for residuals associated with removal of a right testicle is remanded due to inadequate examination and compliance issues.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a posthumous medical opinion based on the evidence of record as to whether the Veteran’s ED was caused by, or aggravated by, the psychiatric (or other) medications that he was taking for his service-connected disabilities.

The Board dismissed all appeals related to increased ratings and effective dates for service connection due to the appellant's withdrawal of his claims.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for erectile dysfunction and skin disorder due to additional development being required.

The Board has remanded several issues for further development, including the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings.,An effective date prior to June 9, 2008, was denied for the award of service connection for erectile dysfunction.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is etiologically related to his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including an earlier effective date for scars status post surgery for lung cancer and reopening of prostate disorder and bladder disorder claims. The remaining appeals are also being remanded.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection of prostate cancer residuals, erectile dysfunction, diabetes mellitus, Type II, diabetic neuropathy of the right upper extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the right lower extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the left upper extremity, and diabetic neuropathy of the left lower extremity as there was no formal claim or intent to file a claim prior to June 10, 2019.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II is granted as due to exposure to herbicide agents during service. The claim for erectile dysfunction secondary to diabetes mellitus is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and a rating in excess of 70 percent for MDD and GAD, finding that his symptoms did not warrant higher ratings based on the evidence provided.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted his claim for TDIU.

The Board has remanded three issues for further development: service connection for allergic rhinitis, headache disability, and erectile dysfunction. The remaining foot disabilities are also being remanded.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction has resulted in deformity of the penis during the entire period on appeal, and he is now granted a 20 percent disability rating effective August 23, 2020.

The Board has granted a 40% rating for the appellant's residuals of a right buttock shell fragment wound with retained foreign body, finding that his complaints and tests demonstrate impairment. The claim for service connection for alcohol abuse is denied as there is no current diagnosis of an alcohol abuse disorder under DSM-5 criteria. The claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction is granted.

The Board has remanded the claims for left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, sinusitis, epistaxis, and erectile dysfunction due to deficiencies in the previous VA examinations.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for diabetes with erectile dysfunction has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.

The Board denied the claim for service connection of erectile dysfunction, finding that it was not incurred in or aggravated by service and did not have a secondary relationship to a service-connected condition.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD with anxiety, low back strain with L-5 spinal stenosis, and radiculopathy of the left lower extremity are denied. The claim to reopen entitlement to service connection for right and left knee disabilities is granted.