Erectile dysfunction Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining vocational rehabilitation records and arranging for VA examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left shoulder disorder and denied his claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction. The decision is mixed as it grants part of the appeal and denies another.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, special monthly compensation based on the need for aid & attendance/housebound status, and temporary total rating based on surgical or other treatment necessitating convalescence associated with a heart attack in March 2010 were denied. The Board also found that extraschedular ratings for his right knee disabilities and residuals of a fracture of the right fifth finger were not warranted.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for major depressive disorder, reopening of previously denied claims for left knee disability and low back disability (degenerative changes with low back pain) were remanded.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development of the record, including obtaining a statement from his physician regarding penis deformity and a statement from his primary care physician regarding unemployability during the period from August 1, 2009 to July 22, 2011.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been granted. The Board finds that the evidence is at least in equipoise whether the Veteran suffers from PTSD related to his active military service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the case for a supplemental clinical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's PTSD symptoms, including sleep disturbances, nightmares, daily intrusive thoughts, daily panic attacks, and flashbacks, caused or aggravated his erectile dysfunction.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA addendum medical opinion regarding the etiology of the current erectile dysfunction and whether it is caused or aggravated by service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's claims for erectile dysfunction and hypertension are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination to determine if these conditions are aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and right shoulder degenerative joint disease. The Veteran's left shoulder disability is being remanded for additional development.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction, finding that both conditions are at least as likely as not attributable to the Veteran's military service. The rating for TBI with post-concussive headaches remains unchanged.

The Board found no evidence of service connection for the claimed conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy, dyslipidemia, and hemorrhoids due to lack of in-service diagnosis or exposure to herbicides.

The Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD prior to March 14, 2012 was denied. The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms did not more nearly approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected depression and for a combined effects medical opinion regarding his ability to work due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary before the claims for service connection can be decided.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is found to be secondary to his service-connected unspecified trauma-related disorder.,Service connection for osteoarthritis of the right and left knees has been granted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant or financial assistance for the purchase of an automobile and adaptive equipment.

The case is being remanded for additional VA examinations to address the Veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD, erectile dysfunction secondary to PTSD, and COPD.

The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied as the current audiometric testing results do not warrant a higher rating. The issues of entitlement to increased ratings for PTSD and service connection for erectile dysfunction secondary to PTSD are remanded due to inadequate VA examination opinions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's back disability began during active duty and was aggravated by a motor vehicle accident during ACDUTRA service. The claim for erectile dysfunction is remanded as the Veteran did not file a notice of disagreement on the correct form.

The Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy is found to be secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability. The Board finds that the evidence of record is in relative equipoise with respect to establishing a nexus between the Veteran's bilateral hip disorder, bladder disorder and erectile dysfunction and his service-connected lumbar spine disability.