Erectile dysfunction decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure compliance with the duty to assist by rescheduling VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for dry mouth, allergies, and increased ratings for BPPV, chronic constipation, right hip degenerative joint disease, and right knee degenerative arthritis. The claims for erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, and tailbone pain were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder, but remanded the claim for further development regarding other potential causes of the condition.

The Board remands the claims for separate entitlement to SMC-L for aid and attendance due solely to service-connected unspecified depressive disorder, claimed as anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified, with co-morbid traumatic brain injury (TBI), 100 percent schedular rating for service-connected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with bronchitis, and chronic kidney disease (also claimed as renal failure) associated with diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea and total disability rating based on individual unemployability from October 3, 2013 were granted.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, special monthly compensation based on the loss of use of a creative organ, and effective dates for hypertension and ischemic cerebrovascular accident residuals.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction, as the maximum schedular rating of 0 percent has already been awarded.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings due to the Veteran's withdrawal of certain claims, and denied service connection for sciatica of the left lower extremity.

The appeal for an initial increased rating for bladder cancer was dismissed due to the Veteran's failure to appear at a scheduled hearing.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an ulcer disorder, GERD, and erectile dysfunction as they require further development of the record.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain, right ankle sprain with residual intermittent pain, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), erectile dysfunction (ED), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), plantar fasciitis, and left leg nerve disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of erectile dysfunction to obtain a more thorough medical opinion.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, a right shoulder disability, a low back disability, erectile dysfunction, inguinal hernia, and sleep disturbances is dismissed.

The Veteran was granted a special monthly compensation (SMC) based on entitlement to SMC(l) for being so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, effective December 17, 2010.

The Veteran was granted increased disability ratings for adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression, and insomnia from August 11, 2020 to July 28, 2021, and service connection for tinnitus, headaches, and bilateral shoulder tendinosis. Erectile dysfunction was denied.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disability, rectal bleeding, erectile dysfunction, a gastrointestinal disability, and headache disability. The denial was based on the lack of probative evidence supporting a current disability or a link to active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for the claimed conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased rating due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer as due to herbicide exposure and remanded the issue of service connection for erectile dysfunction, to include as secondary to a service-connected condition.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, gastroesophageal reflux disorder, a left foot disorder, migraines, and a right wrist disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.