Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2022

The Board has denied readjudication of the claim for erectile dysfunction due to lack of new and relevant evidence. The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is granted as service connected, with onset during active military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development and an opinion from a qualified examiner regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's penis condition, including whether it is at least as likely as not caused by VA carelessness or negligence.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including traumatic arthritis and back injury, prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment prior to May 8, 2019. The Board granted a TDIU rating on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's service-connected residuals of prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, and hypertension are all found to be related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents, specifically Agent Orange.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted as a result of the PACT Act, which establishes it as a presumptive disease for in-service exposure to herbicide agents.,Right knee strain and erectile dysfunction are both granted based on service connection.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment consistent with his educational and occupational background, resulting in a TDIU.

The Veteran's claims for ischemic heart disease with myocardial infarction, psoriasis, and diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction and cerebrovascular atherosclerosis were denied in the December 2013 rating decision. The effective dates of October 15, 2015, were assigned after the Veteran submitted an Intent to File Claims on October 15, 2015.

The Veteran's diabetes was rated at 20 percent prior to December 1, 2014. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating due to lack of medical necessity for regulation of activities. For TDIU, the Veteran had multiple service-connected disabilities but his combined disability rating was never high enough to meet the criteria for schedular consideration.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to unsuccessful attempts by VA to obtain relevant records from the Veteran's SSA disability benefits file. The issues of entitlement to service connection for kidney disorder, peripheral neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, and COPD are being remanded for additional development.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II is rated at 20 percent, erectile dysfunction is not compensable, and the lower extremity peripheral neuropathies are each rated at 20 percent prior to February 14, 2022, and 40 percent since that date.

The appeal of the service connection claims for multiple conditions has been dismissed due to the appellant's death.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for urinary problems, left upper extremity bradykinesia with muscle rigidity and stiffness, right lower extremity bradykinesia with tremor, loss of automatic movements of the face (right and left), speech changes of cranial nerve X (right and left), decreased sense of taste, erectile dysfunction, and hemorrhoids.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction was dismissed as a matter of law because the earliest possible effective date has already been granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, finding that his condition was manageable and did not require regulation of activities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for voiding dysfunction and erectile dysfunction, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability or a link to service.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and left hand carpal tunnel syndrome have been withdrawn.,The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for GERD has been remanded due to lack of recent in-person examination documentation.,The Veteran's cervical spine disability, bilateral shoulder disability, and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy claims are being remanded as the VA examinations were inadequate.,ED is secondary to service-connected conditions including medications taken for other disabilities.

The Veteran's service connection for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) has been granted. The remaining issues of service connection for various conditions are remanded to obtain medical opinions regarding the relationship between those conditions and CML.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to an administrative error in submitting a modernized review system form instead of a legacy one. The Veteran must file a timely VA Form 9 if he wishes to continue his appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability during or within one year after service and that it was not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD with anxiety and MDD.

The appeal for service connection for a recurrent sleep disability is dismissed. The Board has established service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, to include sleep impairment, and assigned a 30 percent rating for that disability, effective August 30, 2022.