The veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on loss of a creative organ was denied, but his service connection claim for pheochromocytoma was granted. The decision is considered mixed as it addressed both issues.
The deciding factor: The decision addressed both the denial of special monthly compensation and the grant of service connection for pheochromocytoma based on new evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of creative organ, pheochromocytoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0126266
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for pheochromocytoma, hypertension (HTN), heart condition, and diabetes mellitus, type II due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for thymoma, pheochromocytoma, ED, and scars status post thymectomy and adrenalectomy from June 8, 2018, but no earlier. Service connection for neurogenic bladder was also granted.
- Dismissed
The appeal as to the issues of entitlement to compensable ratings for erectile dysfunction, hypertension, pheochromocytoma, laparotomy incision scars, and left adrenalectomy scars; and entitlement to service connection for shortness of breath, 'tired all the time,' and 'can't sleep' is dismissed. The appeal as to the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, secondary to hypertension, is remanded.
- Granted
The Board has restored a 100 percent initial disability rating for status post left adrenalectomy due to pheochromocytoma from August 28, 2014.
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