The veteran's service-connected impotency, rated as noncompensable, was denied a higher evaluation due to the absence of deformity of the penis related to his service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the claimed penile deformity to the service-connected diabetes mellitus-induced impotency. The veteran's symptoms are insufficient for a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- Impotency, Peyronie's disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0600061
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Decisions by this judge: 2,592 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's Peyronie's disease and erectile dysfunction were denied service connection as not related to his service or a service-connected condition, including valvular heart disease and supraventricular arrhythmia.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection and ratings were dismissed. The appeal for bilateral recurrent ear wax impaction was dismissed, as the Veteran withdrew his claim. Appeals for a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), erectile dysfunction, residuals from neoplasm of the kidney, and hypertension were also dismissed.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's Peyronie's disease with erectile dysfunction was rated under DC 7522, which assigns a noncompensable (0%) rating for 'erectile dysfunction' with or without penile deformity. The Board found no evidence to support higher ratings and denied the claim for an initial compensable rating.
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