Erectile dysfunction Board decisions

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, bilateral shoulder disorder, bilateral hip disorder, bilateral wrist/arm disorder, bilateral ankle disorder, and cervical spine disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.,Additional development is needed for the Veteran's claim regarding bilateral pes planus.

The Board has granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, finding that it is proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for erectile dysfunction (ED) as secondary to service-connected bipolar disorder. The claims for sleep apnea and gastrointestinal disability, including GERD, are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions considering the effects of psychiatric medications.

The Veteran is granted a 40 percent rating for residuals of prostate cancer with erectile dysfunction from March 5, 2015 to May 20, 2015. Prior to this period and after May 21, 2015, the Veteran's condition warrants a 20 percent rating.

The Veteran's service-connected erectile dysfunction is granted as secondary to hypertension. His neurogenic bladder and right lower extremity radiculopathy are both rated at the maximum allowable under VA guidelines.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for prostate hypertrophy, finding that it is at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction, finding that the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's diabetes has aggravated his erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and OSA, but remanded the issues of service connection for erectile dysfunction and GERD secondary to PTSD.,Service connection was not granted for hypertension or OSA. The Veteran's erectile dysfunction and GERD were found not related to his service-connected PTSD in VA examinations.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a rating of 70 percent effective from December 28, 2015. The Board also granted TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and secondary service connection due to issues related to antisocial personality disorder, drug use, erectile dysfunction, and lumbar spine disability. The remand requires an addendum opinion from a VA examiner regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's antisocial personality disorder.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, finding that the Veteran's diabetes does not require regulation of activities and that erectile dysfunction is included in the 20 percent rating as a noncompensable complication.

The Board has granted service connection for Erectile Dysfunction (ED) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tension headaches, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the claim.

The Board has denied service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD and remanded the issues of service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to PTSD and TDIU.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, pancreatic disorder, left wrist disorder, and OSA are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding their relationship to his service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, right-knee disorder, left-knee disorder, lumbar-spine disorder, left-lower-extremity neurological disorder (sciatica), erectile dysfunction, and hypertension.

The Board has denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for Parkinson's disease with voiding dysfunction and remanded the case to obtain updated treatment records and an examination for erectile dysfunction.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to ischemic heart disease and coronary artery bypass. The case is remanded for an addendum opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's ED.

The Board has denied service connection for all claimed disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, right eye retina disability, GERD, constipation, COPD, sleep apnea, heart disability, hypertension, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and erectile dysfunction, as they are not shown to be related to military service or herbicide exposure.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus II due to a lack of medical opinion on its etiology.

The Veteran's prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction have been rated, but the Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to determine if the conditions were active during the appeal period and to assess the severity of his erectile dysfunction.