The Veteran's sexual dysfunction is found to be proximately due to or the result of service-connected disability. The Board also finds that he has TBI with adjustment disorder, PTSD with depression, and posttraumatic headaches, all of which are rated at their maximum levels under VA regulations.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports the Veteran's claims for sexual dysfunction, TBI with adjustment disorder, PTSD with depression, and posttraumatic headaches as being related to his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- sexual dysfunction, TBI with adjustment disorder, PTSD with depression, posttraumatic headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1211691
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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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