The Veteran's service connection claim for depressive disorder is remanded.,Special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ is denied as a matter of law.
The deciding factor: The decision summary explains that the Veteran’s depressive disorder may be related to his service-connected disabilities, including pain symptoms and medications. The TDIU claim is also remanded due to its inextricability with the service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- neurogenic erectile dysfunction, degenerative arthritis, thoracolumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19172217
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What this means for you
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