The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include diagnoses of adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety. The Veteran's claim for erectile dysfunction is remanded due to the need for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The examiner will determine if the diagnosed erectile dysfunction had its onset during service or was caused by any incident or event that occurred during his period of service, as well as whether it was caused or aggravated by his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2016
- Citation
- 1614766
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied a rating higher than 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea.
- Granted
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