The Board found that the veteran's impotence was not incurred in or aggravated by wartime service and is not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected prostatitis. The veteran's increased evaluation for chronic prostatitis was granted, with a rating assigned at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the preponderance of evidence did not support a finding of direct service connection for impotence and concluded that the veteran's impotence was not related to his service-connected prostatitis. The VA examiners' opinions supported this conclusion, with one stating that the impotence was likely due to vascular disease unrelated to prostatitis.
- Claimed conditions
- impotence, chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0204158
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