The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for impotence, finding no evidence that it was caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence to support a causal link between the veteran's current impotence and either his military service or his service-connected PTSD. The lengthy period without complaint or treatment weighs against the claim on a direct basis, and there are no other theories of entitlement that could be supported by the evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- impotence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0814145
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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