The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is found to be at least as likely as not due to his service-connected PTSD and medication used in treatment.,Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent prior to October 9, 2017, for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been denied.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran’s PTSD symptoms did not meet criteria for a higher initial rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile dysfunction (ED), Prostate disability, Rash of the face and body
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19161854
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Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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