The veteran's claims for service connection for decreased neurological sensation and intermittent erectile dysfunction as secondary to the lumbosacral strain were granted with an effective date of April 29, 2002.
The deciding factor: The presence of the current disability was factually ascertainable from the date the claim was received in April 2002, based on the veteran's reports and a later medical examination supporting the connection to service-connected lumbosacral strain.
- Claimed conditions
- decreased neurological sensation, intermittent erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2008
- Citation
- 0815390
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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