Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including psychiatric disorders and musculoskeletal issues, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction and bilateral diabetic retinopathy, as the evidence did not support a finding that regulation of activities was required or that there were incapacitating episodes requiring treatment visits.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension and remanded the claims for increased ratings for bilateral eye vitreous body crystalline deposits and asteroid hyalosis, as well as Type II diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction.

The Veteran was granted a 100 percent schedular rating for his service-connected sarcomatoid soft-tissue cancer of the bladder, post-operative, effective July 1, 2002. Other claims were denied.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and erectile dysfunction, both as secondary conditions associated with the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with radiculopathy.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, and bleeding of the eyes as there is no evidence that these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for rhinitis, respiratory disorder (shortness of breath), low back pain (lumbar spine disorder), erectile dysfunction as secondary to PTSD, hypertension as secondary to PTSD, tremors as secondary to PTSD, and migraines as secondary to PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include alcohol use disorder.

The Board granted separate 20 percent disability ratings for urinary frequency and 30 percent disability ratings for a neck, left lower extremity neuropathy, and right lower extremity neuropathy. The Board also granted effective dates of September 28, 2022, for the grant of service connection for various conditions.

The Board remands the claim for eligibility under the VA PCAFC to allow further processing based on a now-eligible serious injury incurred during a qualified period of service.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to his PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for skin cancer and assigned a 40 percent disability rating for left shoulder strain, while denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, flatfoot bilateral, erectile dysfunction, and other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for further development and to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of erectile dysfunction to obtain a more thorough medical examination and opinion, as well as an evaluation under the PACT Act due to the Veteran's participation in toxic exposure risk activities.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hepatitis B, a liver condition (hepatic steatosis and cirrhosis) secondary to service-connected hepatitis B, hypertension, prostate cancer, voiding dysfunction as secondary to service-connected prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to service-connected prostate cancer. The claim for anemia was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected herpes increased the severity of his erectile dysfunction.

The Board remanded the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for residuals of prostate cancer due to inadequate VA medical opinions. A new VA medical examination and opinion is required to determine whether VA's failure to timely diagnose and treat the Veteran's prostate cancer proximately caused the additional disability.

The Board remands the claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence due to a catheter incident following the Veteran's January 2019 prostatectomy, as additional evidence needs to be obtained.

The Board denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), on an extra-schedular basis, prior to July 23, 2019.