The veteran's diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction is rated at 20 percent, and the Board concluded that an increased rating to 40 percent was not warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran required regulation of activities due to his diabetes mellitus, which would be necessary for a 40 percent rating under DC 7913.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0810703
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, right and left lower extremity diabetic neuropathies (sciatic and femoral nerves), and hypertension, all as due to herbicide exposure on a facts-found basis.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, but granted an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities. A TDIU was also granted on and after May 1, 2013.
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