The Veteran's diabetes mellitus is currently rated as 20 percent disabling, and the RO has increased his disability rating for erectile dysfunction from February 17, 2012 to October 4, 2018. From October 5, 2018 onwards, he is entitled to a compensable disability rating.,The Veteran's service connection claim for ED remains pending and the RO has remanded this issue.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s erectile dysfunction was without objective findings of deformity of the penis from February 17, 2012 to October 4, 2018. From October 5, 2018 onwards, he is entitled to a compensable disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107593
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits, service connection for ED as secondary to a depressive disorder, and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and a psychiatric disability due to insufficient evidence of the severity required for higher ratings.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for service-connected erectile dysfunction due to the absence of evidence of penile deformity.
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