The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to service-connected diabetes, but granted an effective date of May 8, 2001 for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that the veteran's erectile dysfunction was related to his service-connected diabetes. The Board found that the earlier effective date was warranted due to VA's liberalizing regulations regarding presumptive service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II, due to exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- erectile dysfunction, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0631678
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What this means for you
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