The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for ED as secondary to diabetes, but denied it on the merits. The case is being remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran suggests a potential nexus between his ED and his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Diabetes Mellitus, Type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20005876
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
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- Denied
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- Denied
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