Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2025

The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, specifically to provide the veteran with adequate VA examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for direct payment of attorney fees based on past due benefits awarded in a February 2024 rating decision.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability, GERD, erectile dysfunction, and diabetes mellitus, type II, due to deficiencies in the duty-to-assist.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to a generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a male genitourinary disability and erectile dysfunction due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for left foot acquired pes planus and plantar fasciitis, but denied increased ratings for hypertension, allergic rhinitis, right foot degenerative arthritis with plantar fasciitis, hallux rigidus, metatarsalgia, and Morton's neuroma, depressive disorder, and erectile dysfunction.

The appeal of the September 2024 denial of service connection for a right knee disability and a right shoulder disability is dismissed as these claims are now moot due to subsequent grants of service connection. The initial rating for temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) was denied, while an initial rating of 10 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) was granted.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and obstructive sleep apnea but denied service connection for skin condition, bilateral hearing loss, and upper respiratory condition. The effective date for the granted conditions is February 14, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, erectile dysfunction, cataracts, residuals of a stroke, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. However, tinnitus was granted.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and denied the claims for diabetes mellitus type II, erectile dysfunction, bilateral hearing loss, increased rating for somatic symptom disorder with persistent depressive disorder and intermittent explosive disorder, and increased rating for left ankle sprain.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of erectile dysfunction to correct a duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as a remanded claim for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bilateral hearing loss, and remanded several other conditions for further review.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and an initial rating in excess of the assigned ratings for PTSD with moderate alcohol use disorder, left shoulder strain with rotator cuff strain, and right shoulder strain with rotator cuff strain.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability and remanded the claims for bilateral ankle arthritis, sleep apnea, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, erectile dysfunction, degenerative disc disease, cervical, bilateral plantar fasciitis with arthritis and heel spurs, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The Board denied service connection for a chronic respiratory disability and remanded the issue of service connection for male erectile dysfunction, to include as due to service-connected hypertension.

The appeal was dismissed for claims related to special monthly compensation, service connection for erectile dysfunction and hypertension, and the reduction of a hip strain rating. The Board also denied increased ratings for hip strains.

The Board granted service connection for right temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) and bruxism, lumbar spine strain, and erectile dysfunction and hypogonadism. The appeal was denied for an initial compensable rating for eczema.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for hypertension, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, IBS, a left hip disorder, a left shin splint disorder, a left wrist disorder, and sleep apnea. The claims for service connection for a low back disorder, TBI, left hamstring disorder, migraine headache disorder, right hamstring disorder, right hip disorder, right shin splint disorder, and right wrist disorder were denied.