Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2025

The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 17, 2021, for the award of increased disability ratings of 20 percent for peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities but denied increased ratings and other claims.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for prostate cancer, ED, SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ, and DEA benefits.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to hypertension, but remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral retinopathy and a kidney/renal disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ, finding that January 22, 2019, is the earliest possible effective date.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the left hand second metacarpal, status post ORIF fracture with arthritis prior to April 14, 2022, and denied earlier effective dates for service connection for erectile dysfunction (ED) and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 50 percent for migraine headaches, and remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction due to outstanding evidence.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and sleep apnea, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder and obesity, respectively. The Board also granted increased ratings of 30 percent for GERD with gastritis and bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction as secondary to OSA, a left shoulder disability, and an anxiety disorder due to insufficient medical evidence.

The Board granted restoration of a 50 percent evaluation for bilateral pes planus and denied increased ratings for left knee arthritis, right knee strain, varicocele, lumbosacral strain and intervertebral disc syndrome, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. Erectile dysfunction was granted service connection.

The Board granted an effective date of October 17, 2017 for the award of service connection for left elbow limitation of flexion and left cubital tunnel syndrome (CTS), but denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.

The Board denied an effective date prior to June 18, 2014, for the grant of service connection for scars, prostate surgery, anterior trunk and denied a disability rating in excess of 40 percent for the service-connected residuals of prostate cancer. However, it granted an effective date of June 18, 2014, but no earlier, for the grant of a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The appeal for service connection and increased ratings for various conditions, including diabetes, erectile dysfunction, bilateral shoulder disability, hemorrhoids, and knee and ankle disabilities, was dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine (back) disability and left lower extremity radiculopathy, but denied service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability and a compensable initial evaluation for a right ear hearing loss disability. The claims for service connection for a left ankle disability, left knee disability, GERD, and erectile dysfunction were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as an extension for filing a VA Form 10182.

The Veteran was granted a temporary total evaluation for service-connected erectile dysfunction associated with prostate cancer from December 6, 2018, to January 31, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cardiovascular disease and also granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and erectile dysfunction, and remanded claims for sleep apnea and a low back disability.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including peripheral neuropathy and diabetes, have been found to preclude him from securing and maintaining all forms of substantially gainful employment.

The veteran withdrew all appeals, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review them.

The Board denied service connection for plantar fasciitis, bilateral pes planus, a right hip disorder, a left hip disorder, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and erectile dysfunction.