Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2024

The Board has dismissed the appeals as they are no longer relevant due to the restoration of service connection and SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ effective May 22, 2014.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD, and thus service connection is granted.

The Board has dismissed all the Veteran's claims as his death occurred during the pendency of these appeals.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including anxiety condition, depression, insomnia, sleep disturbances (acquired psychiatric disorder), chronic fatigue syndrome, bilateral elbow condition, ED, bilateral foot condition, bilateral hearing loss, and migraine headaches. The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of any of these conditions.

The Veteran's traumatic brain injury and adjustment disorder with depressed mood were granted a 30 percent rating for the period from May 21, 2012 to January 22, 2015.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including ALS and respiratory impairment, render him so helpless that he requires regular aid and attendance at the higher level contemplated under R-2.

The Veteran's service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, and GERD has been granted. The Veteran is now entitled to a 30 percent rating for GERD.,Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea on a direct basis is established as the evidence is at least evenly balanced regarding its onset in service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and SSRI-induced Erectile Dysfunction due to missing records, specifically his official military personnel file (OMPF). The issues cannot be decided at this time as they are intertwined with the development of these records.

The Board has granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to a service-connected back disability and denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea. The Veteran's rating for his back disability remains at 20 percent.

Your claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction has been granted in full by the AOJ, and there is no longer a case or controversy with respect to this issue.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating or service connection in all cases.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error and needs additional medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's erectile dysfunction.

The Board has granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected recurrent depressive disorder and awarded a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction, left hip condition, and left lower extremity condition as the evidence did not establish a current disability.

The Veteran's initial compensable evaluations for bilateral hearing loss and erectile dysfunction were denied. The Board found that the Veteran's hearing acuity is no worse than Level V in the right ear and Level I in the left ear, and his ED causes loss of erectile power but no deformity of the penis.,The Veteran's skin cancer was not service connected due to lack of evidence linking it to exposure to herbicide agents. The Board found that the issue of sun exposure during service should be addressed on remand.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is granted a 70 percent disability rating, but erectile dysfunction, hemorrhoids, and right knee scar post-surgery are denied initial compensable ratings.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to insufficient evidence and need further evaluation. The initial ratings for bronchial asthma with bronchitis, erectile dysfunction (ED), coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension, left carotid artery blockage status post endarterectomy, cerebral vascular accident (CVA), double bypass heart surgery with lower heart valve replacement, painful sternotomy scar secondary to heart surgery, hyperlipidemia, type two diabetes mellitus (DM-II), chronic sinusitis, recurrent colonic polyps, left middle finger condition, and left ring finger condition are also remanded.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is granted a 20 percent rating since April 10, 2013. The issues of increased ratings for spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, and lumbar spondylosis with myelopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy are remanded.

The Board has granted a rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's erectile dysfunction with urethral stricture, finding that nerve damage from his prostatectomy constitutes an internal penile deformity.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a failure of VA to provide an adequate VA medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected mental health disorder.