Erectile dysfunction Board decisions

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a penile condition because it needs more evidence to decide if the condition is related to the veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder.

The veteran's claims for service connection for several diabetic conditions as secondary to service-connected diabetes were granted. The effective date for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation was set to April 8, 2019. Several rating issues were remanded.

The appeal is remanded to obtain complete federal records needed to adjudicate the claim. The Board needs more information about when the misconduct occurred to determine if the veteran's periods of service can be separated for VA benefit purposes.

Service connection for asthma and COPD is granted. Other issues, including headaches, knee disability, muscle pain/tendinitis, erectile dysfunction, and lumbar disability, are remanded for further development.

The appeal regarding the rating reduction for service-connected prostate cancer with erectile dysfunction was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw the appeal.

The veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus was denied due to lack of new and relevant evidence. The veteran's claims for increased ratings for erectile dysfunction, right wrist surgery, right wrist surgical scar, and right knee osteoarthritis were also denied. However, the reduction in the disability rating for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis was restored to 20 percent.

The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for several conditions were dismissed. However, the veteran was granted an effective date of December 6, 2017 for service connection for erectile dysfunction and related SMC.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for diabetes mellitus type II was denied due to failure to attend a VA examination. The claims for service connection for a cardiovascular disability and TDIU were remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and granted a 20 percent rating for erectile dysfunction, as well as TDIU and special monthly compensation from July 1, 2014.

The veteran was granted a 10 percent evaluation for stooped posture (both sides) and chewing/swallowing difficulties, as well as a 30 percent evaluation for sleep disturbance. Other claims were denied or dismissed.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for ratings of major depressive disorder and right lower extremity neuropathy. The issues of service connection for right hip disability, left hip disability, and erectile dysfunction were remanded.

The veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction was granted. The claims for chronic fatigue syndrome and irritable colon syndrome were remanded for further evaluation.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, diarrhea, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, sciatic nerve pain in the right leg, and sciatic nerve pain in the left leg. The claim for erectile dysfunction was remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to his service-connected generalized anxiety and insomnia disorders is granted. The Board found that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is proximately due to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

Service connection for tinnitus is denied. The claims for an increased rating for GERD and service connection for right shoulder disorder, right knee disorder, left hip disorder, ED, and a right hip disorder are remanded.

The veteran withdrew all claims, so the Board dismissed the appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal because the VA Form 20-0996 was not submitted within one year of the rating decisions.

The veteran's claims for higher special monthly compensation and an earlier effective date were denied, but the claim for a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss was remanded.

The veteran's claim for service connection of erectile dysfunction has been granted. The decision is based on the finding that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction was caused by medications taken to treat his service-connected left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with osteoarthritis and PTSD with depression and alcohol use disorder.

The Board dismissed the claim for anxiety attack and denied claims for bilateral hearing loss, blunt force trauma to mouth, and cauda equina lesion. All other issues were remanded.