The Board has determined that the veteran's impotence is at least as likely as not due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and thus grants service connection for impotence on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The expert medical opinion concluded that the veteran's impotence was at least as likely as not due to his diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- impotence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0620235
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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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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various conditions, including impotence, headaches, cervical spine degenerative joint disease, and peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory condition, diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and impotence to ensure VA satisfies its duty to assist by providing the Veteran with VA examinations.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection for multiple conditions was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw the appeal.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for impotence as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension, but remanded claims for a right foot disorder and left foot disorder.
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