The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep problems, stomach disability with nausea, bruising, chondromalacia of the left knee, chondromalacia of both knees, and arthralgia of both ankles have been denied. The Veteran is not entitled to a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support service connection for sleep problems or stomach disability with nausea as secondary to his service-connected heart disease and medications. The Veteran's bruising was not attributed to any specific condition, and the examiner did not provide an opinion regarding muscle tremors. Erectile dysfunction is rated based on loss of erectile power, which is not present in this case.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep problems, stomach disability with nausea, bruising, chondromalacia of the left knee, claimed as muscle tremors, chondromalacia of both knees, claimed as muscle tremors, arthralgia of both ankles, claimed as muscle tremors, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1019475
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