The Board has determined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The examiner found that the Veteran's current erectile dysfunction was proximately aggravated by his service-connected DM, satisfying the requirements for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- erectile dysfunction (claimed as impotence), DM (diabetes mellitus)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1207385
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, erectile dysfunction (claimed as impotence), and peripheral neuropathy in the upper and lower extremities due to a lack of evidence showing chronic symptoms during service or continuity of symptomatology after separation from active duty. The Veteran's claims were also not supported by medical opinions linking these conditions to service.
- Denied
The claim for retroactive payment of $19,862 was denied. The appeal regarding the ratings for CAD, DM, and peripheral neuropathy is remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions have been granted, with tinnitus presumed to have been incurred in service and the other conditions having their service connections established on a presumptive basis.
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