The deciding factor: The medical records indicate that the veteran developed back pain following the surgeries, which led to impotence. The VA examiner opined that the impotence may have been contributed or aggravated by the spinal surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- impotency
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0024026
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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