The claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction (ED) as secondary to PTSD is granted. The effective date of this grant is February 10, 2017.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and his current ED is found to be proximately due to his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, fibromyalgia, erectile dysfunction (ED), headaches, left leg disorder, right leg disorder, skin disorder, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20007479
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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