Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2025

The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and a special home adaptation grant due to errors in the duty to assist. The Veteran will undergo further medical examinations.

The veteran was granted service connection for a right-hand disability and a 10% rating for hypertension. All other claims were denied.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed disabilities, including foot, ankle, knee, wrist, back, joint pain, mouth, erectile dysfunction, IBS, headache, tinnitus, and psychiatric disorders.

The veteran's claims for service connection for trapezius muscle injury, bilateral metatarsalgia, plantar fasciitis, pes planus, hallux rigidus, and sleep apnea were dismissed. However, the veteran was granted service connection for bilateral hammer toes, bilateral hallux valgus, and erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for erectile dysfunction. The Veteran already receives the maximum schedular rating and special monthly compensation.

The veteran's claims for higher ratings for knee conditions and hemorrhoids were denied. However, the veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU). Claims for service connection for an enlarged heart were denied, while claims for benign prostatic hypertrophy and erectile dysfunction were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions and denied higher ratings and earlier effective dates for the foot conditions.

The Board remanded the claims for service connection of residuals of orchiectomy and erectile dysfunction to obtain adequate medical examinations.

The Veteran was granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance from April 25, 2014 through June 17, 2015.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral toe fungus, kidney dysfunction, and erectile dysfunction for further development of the record.

The veteran is granted an effective date of July 1, 2017 for service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ.

Service connection for hypertension due to herbicide exposure is granted. The appeal for a heart condition and erectile dysfunction is remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an effective date earlier than August 10, 2022, for service connection of prostate cancer, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, arteriosclerotic heart disease, erectile dysfunction, and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of creative organ.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability, finding that his service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions but remanded the issues of disability ratings for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed because they withdrew their claims.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for a 10 percent evaluation based on multiple service-connected disabilities, service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, and initial compensable evaluations for erectile dysfunction and papillary urothelial carcinoma. The Board found errors in the duty to assist and ordered additional actions.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of erectile dysfunction and related special monthly compensation.

The appeal for service connection of prostate cancer was dismissed because the VA already granted it under the PACT Act.

The veteran's disability ratings for low back and left sciatic nerve issues were restored to previous levels. Claims for erectile dysfunction and pseudofolliculitis were denied. Other issues, including service connection for headaches and hypertension, were remanded.