The Veteran's service-connected DDD of the lumbar spine is found to have caused his ED, arthritis of the cervical spine, and right upper extremity nerve conditions. The effective date for these grants of service connection is December 19, 2018.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on secondary service connection due to the Veteran's service-connected DDD of the lumbar spine causing his ED, arthritis of the cervical spine, and right upper extremity nerve conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction, Arthritis of the Cervical Spine, Right Upper Extremity Nerve Conditions
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- A19003339
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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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