Erectile dysfunction Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment prior to May 10, 2011.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for further action, including scheduling a VA dental examination and providing the Veteran with another opportunity to appear at a VA medical opinion regarding his claimed conditions.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete medical opinions and requests for an addendum opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus and his penile deformity.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bladder cancer and cause of death. The Board found that the Veteran's bladder cancer was not related to his active duty service, including presumed herbicide exposure, nor was it proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected prostate cancer. The Board also determined that none of the Veteran's service-connected conditions played a role in his death.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss has been denied.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for low back, acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression), erectile dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathy lower extremities disabilities have been remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.,No specific exposure basis was provided in the decision.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, diabetic retinopathy, prostate cancer residuals, erectile dysfunction, ischemic heart disease, tinnitus, and major depressive disorder. The Board also found that hypertension is secondary to diabetes and grants service connection for this condition based on herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and records to address the severity of his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

The Board has granted service connection for Major Depressive Disorder and restored it. Service connection for a cervical spine disability and erectile dysfunction is denied.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and chronic kidney disease due to procedural issues and the need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals are currently rated at 40 percent, and the Board has denied a higher rating. The Veteran is also granted special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ (erectile dysfunction).

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, ischemic heart disease (IHD), Parkinson’s disease, erectile dysfunction (ED), and bilateral upper/lower extremity neuropathy have all been denied. The Board found that there was no evidence of in-service injury or event related to these conditions.,The Veteran's claims were not granted as secondary service connection for ED and neuropathy due to diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including PTSD, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, and a residual scar associated with prostate cancer, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted TDIU based on the combined disability rating of 70 percent.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including hypertension, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a sleep disorder, GERD, colon disorders, headache disorder, diabetes mellitus type II (DM), eye disorders, low back and neck disorders, erectile dysfunction, right and left carpal tunnel syndromes. The decision also denied reopening of the claim for hypertension.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to January 18, 2008. From January 18, 2008 onward, the Board finds that his service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's prostate cancer is not related to active service or any incident of service, including as due to in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.,The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is not related to active service or any incident of service, including as due to in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.,The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD), including as due to in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied as his service-connected disabilities do not render him incapable of securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions, including prostatitis, obstructive sleep apnea and related conditions, insomnia, fatigue, and erectile dysfunction. The claims are being remanded for this purpose.

The Board has denied a compensable rating for Erectile Dysfunction (ED) as the evidence does not support the presence of a penile deformity along with a loss of erectile power.

The Board has granted service connection for a chronic sinus condition, but denied the remaining claims including prostate condition, right knee condition, depressive disorder, deviated septum, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction (ED), low testosterone condition, and hypertension.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and rating for various conditions, including a neck disorder, groin condition, erectile dysfunction, and allergic rhinitis, were denied. The claim for service connection for the groin condition was also remanded.