The Board has granted service connection for chronic sleep apnea, chronic irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic erectile dysfunction to include loss of use of a creative organ. The veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent from September 29, 2003, to January 5, 2005, and the Board has not found that an evaluation in excess of 50 percent is warranted for his PTSD as of January 6, 2005.
The deciding factor: The veteran's chronic PTSD was shown to be proximately due to or the result of his service-connected chronic PTSD, warranting secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sleep apnea, chronic irritable bowel syndrome, chronic erectile dysfunction to include loss of use of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0638407
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