Erectile dysfunction Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been shown to prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 20, 2011, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to lack of persuasive medical or lay evidence showing he was unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities within one year prior to that date.

The Veteran does not have renal cell cancer, osteopenia, or an eye disability (ptosis). The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Peyronie's disease and erectile dysfunction as his Peyronie's disease is already rated at its maximum under Diagnostic Code 7522.

The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of depression, and thus the Veteran's claim for service connection for depression secondary to prostate cancer is denied.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted as his service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has granted service connection for hemorrhoids and finds that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military service. The issue of entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction is addressed in the REMAND portion of the decision.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus with non-proliferative retinopathy and erectile dysfunction warrants a rating in excess of 20 percent, but further development is needed to determine if regulation of activities due to diabetes mellitus requires a higher rating.

The Veteran's claim of entitlement to an increased rating for PTSD is dismissed. The Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a TBI and erectile dysfunction are granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected type II diabetes mellitus aggravates his peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower extremities and erectile dysfunction, as well as osteoporosis. Service connection for these conditions is granted.

The Board has dismissed the appeal of entitlement to an increased rating for erectile dysfunction due to withdrawal. The claims of service connection for a skin rash, left shoulder disability, degenerative osteoarthritis, and left eye disability have been denied as there is no evidence of current disabilities or a link between any claimed conditions and active duty service.

The Board has granted service connection for Erectile Dysfunction (ED) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer. The claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety and depression, is also granted due to new evidence received since a previous denial.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction is rated at 20 percent, and the reduction of his diabetic retinopathy rating from 10% to noncompensable effective November 9, 2009 was proper. The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is rated as 10%, and his diabetic nephropathy associated with diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction prior to January 28, 2015 is rated at 60%. His peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity and right lower extremity are each rated at 10%. The Veteran's hypertension is not separately service-connected.

The Veteran seeks service connection for erectile dysfunction, which he argues is secondary to his service-connected diabetes. The case is REMANDED for additional development.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction is currently rated at 20 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have memory loss or erectile dysfunction that is causally related to service-connected diabetes mellitus. The VA examiner found no significant memory difficulty/deficit and concluded that osteopenia, which was diagnosed as a result of diabetes mellitus, is less likely caused by and/or worsened by diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded to obtain additional VA examination and treatment records, as well as to provide the Veteran with a medical opinion regarding his claimed conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea. The remaining issues of service connection for psychiatric disorder, heart disorder, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to service-connected sleep apnea are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction and diabetic retinopathy of the right eye is being remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Board found that the Veteran's headaches did not have their onset during service or within one year of discharge, and thus could not be considered as having been incurred in service. The examiner opined that the Veteran's current headaches were not related to his head injury sustained during service. For erectile dysfunction, there was no evidence linking it to service.

The Veteran received increased ratings for his erectile dysfunction and hypertensive heart disease. He also received a TDIU effective April 20, 2007, and SMC at the housebound rate effective June 29, 2011.,However, the appeal of the December 2011 rating decision was not addressed in this decision.