The Veteran's ED is granted as secondary to his service-connected PTSD with depression. The Veteran's PTSD with depression is granted a disability rating of 70 percent, the highest available.
The deciding factor: ED was found to be caused by Citalopram used for treatment of PTSD, and PTSD with depression resulted in total occupational and social impairment from symptoms associated with PTSD with depression.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19188955
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Denied
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