The Board has granted the veteran's claim for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for erectile dysfunction, finding that it is at least as likely as not caused by VA-prescribed Trazodone.
The deciding factor: The examination and medical opinions established a link between the use of Trazodone prescribed by VA and the veteran's permanent erectile dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0410717
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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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