The Board granted service connection for impotence, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The April 2006 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is less likely due to his diabetes mellitus condition because he reported having sexual dysfunction since 1978 and was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus in 1980. However, the Board found this opinion to be based on a faulty factual assumption.
- Claimed conditions
- impotence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0905619
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various conditions, including impotence, headaches, cervical spine degenerative joint disease, and peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory condition, diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and impotence to ensure VA satisfies its duty to assist by providing the Veteran with VA examinations.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection for multiple conditions was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw the appeal.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for impotence as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension, but remanded claims for a right foot disorder and left foot disorder.
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