Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2023

The Board has remanded the cases of entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, and sleep apnea due to their association with the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. The case of TDIU remains on appeal.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, finding that the Veteran's condition did not require regulation of activities as part of its medical management.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder is granted as secondary to service-connected disabilities.,The Veteran's headache disability and erectile dysfunction are both granted as secondary to medications used to treat his service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions, including back disability, left and right lower extremity disabilities, ED, left arm/left shoulder disability, and OSA. The issues are related to whether these conditions were caused or aggravated by service.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased initial compensable rating for his bilateral vasectomy with residual orchialgia and erectile dysfunction was dismissed as the appellant requested withdrawal of the appeal.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is related to his service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

The Board has denied service connection for erectile dysfunction secondary to diabetes mellitus and remanded the case for further examination regarding chronic headaches.

The Board has granted service connection for ED as secondary to PTSD and also granted special monthly compensation based on loss of use of the creative organ.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, a psychiatric disability including PTSD and depression, and ED have been remanded due to the need for additional development.,Specifically, the VA needs to verify in-service stressors related to the Veteran's psychiatric disability claim and obtain an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of his hearing loss.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of erectile dysfunction, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between his current condition and his in-service or service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for obstructive sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, and right knee disability due to additional evidentiary development.,The Veteran's service-connected joint pain disabilities may have contributed to his current sleep apnea and/or erectile dysfunction.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to outstanding private treatment records and conflicting medical opinions. The Veteran's colon cancer, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and erectile dysfunction are all in question.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a back disability and erectile dysfunction as secondary to his service-connected psychiatric disability has been granted. The case is remanded for further development.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is not rated higher than noncompensable.,Prior to September 17, 2020, the Veteran's GERD was rated at noncompensable. After that date, it has been rated as 10 percent disabling.,For bilateral pinguecula with bilateral blepharitis, a rating in excess of 10 percent is not warranted.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant's representative requested to withdraw the appeal.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction have been granted. The conditions are found to be due to or aggravated by the service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's seborrheic dermatitis has been granted service connection. The remaining claims, including those for erectile dysfunction and other conditions, have been remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded several claims for further development, including those related to insomnia disorder, erectile dysfunction, chronic fatigue syndrome, blackout spells, DDD of the cervical spine, pinched nerve as secondary to DDD of the cervical spine, right carpal tunnel syndrome, and right shoulder disability. The Veteran's hypertension claim is also being remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, and erectile dysfunction were denied. The Board found no evidence of in-service herbicide exposure or any other in-service injury that could be linked to these conditions.,There was no credible evidence linking the Veteran’s current conditions to his active military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than February 26, 2016, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The Board found that prior to February 26, 2016, the Veteran did not meet the schedular criteria for a TDIU and there was insufficient evidence to substantiate a reasonable possibility that he was unemployable by reason of his service-connected disabilities.