The veteran's impotence is service-connected as secondary to his PTSD. The veteran's skin conditions are also service-connected, but no evidence supports a connection to the Persian Gulf War or any other specific exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found that medication prescribed for the veteran's service-connected PTSD contributes to his erectile dysfunction and that his skin conditions are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- impotence, keratosis pilaris, xerosis, superficial folliculitis, cardiomyopathy and an enlarged heart, left abdominal pain, Mallory-Weiss tear of the esophagus, warts
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0905721
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Decisions by this judge: 2,669 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence received, and a VA examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's erectile dysfunction with impotence is related to his service or any service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression) and impotence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to errors in notification letters.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for warts, BPH, and sleep apnea due to potential secondary or aggravation by a service-connected psychiatric disability. The Veteran's claim for warts is denied as he does not have a current diagnosis of warts.
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