Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2025

The Board denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to August 10, 2022 and special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability, bilateral pes planus, neck disability, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension (claimed as high blood pressure), and erectile dysfunction to correct an error by the AOJ to satisfy its duty to assist the claimant under 38 U.S.C. § 5103A.

The Board remands the claim for an addendum medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is aggravated by his service-connected prostate cancer.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection, except for a 10 percent rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and a 20 percent rating for bilateral dry eye syndrome.

The decision granted earlier effective dates for DEA benefits, TDIU, and SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ from August 1, 2018, but denied increased ratings for PTSD, ED, left knee degenerative arthritis with synovitis and chondromalacia, and other conditions.

The Veteran was granted a 60 percent rating for prostate cancer status post brachytherapy with erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence from July 1, 2020, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was also granted.

The Board denied a disability rating greater than 60 percent for diabetes mellitus and granted special monthly compensation based on loss of use of the creative organ.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including hypertension and diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded claims for service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and TDIU.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for PTSD, erectile dysfunction, and sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, memory loss, and erectile dysfunction as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction, but denied service connection for a right great toe disability, bilateral pes planus, and an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for his tooth condition, dismissed service connection for sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ, and remanded several other issues including TDIU, respiratory disability, bilateral hands disability, and nerve damage.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for OSA, ED, HTN, acquired psychiatric disability, and right hip disability to correct duty-to-assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in both hands, diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for stress incontinence male residual of prostatectomy, history of malignant neoplasm prostate cancer, but granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal, and there are no issues for the Board to review.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The remaining issues of service connection for right arm radiculopathy, erectile dysfunction, left foot neuropathy, and lumbosacral strain were dismissed due to untimely appeals.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the acquired psychiatric disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and service connection due to a need for further development of evidence.