Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2021

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete records and conflicting medical opinions. The issues of service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction are being reviewed.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for Parkinson's disease and its complications due to inadequate evaluations in previous examinations. The case is returned to the AOJ for further development.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II, with diabetic retinopathy, hypertension and erectile dysfunction is remanded for further development. The issue of individual unemployability prior to May 24, 2016 is also remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The Board will now consider whether his acquired psychiatric disability, diverticulitis, and erectile dysfunction are related to service.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and sleep apnea have been granted with effective dates of August 30, 2007. The issues of service connection for these conditions are all resolved.

The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction due to a lack of medical examination, as the Veteran's conditions may be related to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, thus denying his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were remanded and are now before the Board again. The diabetes claim was denied, while the nephrology and transient ischemic attack claims resulted in a remand.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need to determine if he was exposed to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam, which could potentially establish presumptive service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction, finding that they were granted based on a presumption due to conceded Agent Orange exposure. The effective date assigned was July 13, 2005, which is considered the earliest possible effective date given the facts found.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to reconsider the claims for service connection for a lumbar spine condition, right ankle condition, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction. The claims are being remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Board has withdrawn the claims of service connection for urticaria and angioedema. The issues of service connection for lumbar spine disorder, cervical spine disorder, psychiatric disorder (depressive disorder/anxiety/PTSD), TBI (head injury), right ankle disorder, erectile dysfunction (ED), chronic pain syndrome, hypertension, digestive disorder, and sleep disorder have been remanded due to the submission of new and material evidence.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, residuals of calcaneus stress fracture, left foot, ED, hypogeusia (loss of smell), lumbar L-5 spondylolysis, and sciatic radicular pain, RLE.,The issues of entitlement to service connection for ED, including as due to service-connected disability; hypogeusia (loss of smell); lumbar L-5 spondylolysis; and sciatic radicular pain, RLE are remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for hypertension and erectile dysfunction, finding that new evidence supports reopening of the claim for erectile dysfunction. The hypertension claim is also remanded to obtain a medical opinion regarding its relationship to herbicide exposure and PTSD.

The Veteran's death benefits were granted, but the Appellant was denied accrued benefits. The Board finds an error in the RO's decision and remands for a substitution determination to allow the Appellant to submit additional evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including colon cancer, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease of the lower extremities, were denied due to lack of a causal link between these conditions and exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The Board found that there was no evidence supporting a direct relationship with service or an in-service injury.

The Board has granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery bypass graft residuals. The appeal regarding an initial compensable rating for coronary artery bypass surgery residuals is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension, but the claims of service connection for erectile dysfunction and bilateral venous insufficiency are remanded due to procedural errors.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and no final decision could be made on the merits of his claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities, finding that they did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.