Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as the evidence did not support a higher rating or an earlier effective date.

The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer and conditions secondary to it, including erectile dysfunction, hypertension, ischemic stroke, urge incontinence, upper and lower extremity neuropathies, and a heart disability. The claims for other conditions were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction secondary to major depressive disorder and remanded the claims for a higher rating of left and right hip pain as well as special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance.

The Veteran's PTSD alone prevents him from maintaining and securing substantially gainful employment, thus granting a TDIU for the purpose of establishing entitlement to special monthly compensation on a schedular housebound basis.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as a secondary condition to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board remands the service connection claims for hypertension, fatigue, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to cure a duty to assist error related to outstanding SSA records.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, a prostate disability, an eye disability, and a rectal disability, all as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with MDD.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and a noncompensable rating for obstructive sleep apnea, while denying service connection for a heart disability and an increased rating for migraine headaches.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction and denied higher ratings for various service-connected disabilities, including mental disability, headaches, radiculopathy, cervical spine, thoracolumbar spine, and left shoulder.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for PTSD, TDIU, and DEA benefits. The August 2023 rating decision contained clear and unmistakable error in assigning an earlier effective date for erectile dysfunction and SMC.

The appeals for entitlement to an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and entitlement to service connection for hemorrhoids were dismissed due to improper concurrent elections for review.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and higher ratings, except for right lower extremity radiculopathy which was granted an effective date of October 24, 2022.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction to obtain a new medical opinion as the previous one was found inadequate.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for depressive disorder and erectile dysfunction, as there was no evidence of a claim prior to September 12, 2020.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a compensable disability rating for erectile dysfunction, as there was no evidence of penile deformity and the maximum noncompensable rating under the applicable diagnostic code was already in effect.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type II, right and left upper extremity neuropathy, right and left lower extremity neuropathy, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected diabetes.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment, as well as a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing (SAH), due to the lack of evidence showing permanent loss of use of any extremities or hands.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected persistent depressive disorder. SMC was also granted based on loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction to obtain additional evidence, including private treatment records.