The Board has granted an effective date of July 21, 2009 for a 10 percent rating for lumbar lipoma. The claims for service connection for PTSD and erectile dysfunction, as well as special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ, are denied prior to March 23, 2015.
The deciding factor: The effective date is based on the factually ascertainable worsening of the lumbar lipoma on July 21, 2009, within a year of the informal claim for an increased rating. The claims for PTSD and erectile dysfunction are denied as there was no prior claim received before March 23, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar lipoma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20038383
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