The Veteran's service-connected erectile dysfunction (ED) was established on January 6, 2016. The Board denied an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the loss of use of a creative organ.
The deciding factor: The ED was not a manifestation of a service-connected disease or injury before it was established as such on January 6, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- ED
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- A19002638
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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