The Board has granted an initial compensable evaluation of 20 percent for impotence, effective from May 9, 1995.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran's impotence was caused by VA surgery and radiation treatment in 1966, which resulted in loss of erectile power. The Board found this to be a direct service connection case and granted the requested evaluation based on the criteria for erectile dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- impotence, atrophy of the right kidney
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0029888
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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.
What you can do next
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