The Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability related to service or a service-connected condition.,The petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a back disorder is denied due to lack of new and material evidence showing a current diagnosed back disability.,The petitions to reopen claims for service connection for left hip disorder, right hip disorder, BPH, and migraine headaches are all denied as there is no evidence relating these conditions to service or a service-connected condition.,There was no indication that the Veteran had any of the claimed conditions during active duty or in the years following discharge.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show a current diagnosed erectile dysfunction related to service or a service-connected disability.,The evidence did not show a current diagnosed back disability at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claims for service connection.,There is no evidence showing that the Veteran had left hip, right hip, BPH, or migraine headaches during active duty or in the years following discharge.,The Veteran's service treatment records did not show any of these conditions and there was no medical evidence linking them to service.
- Claimed conditions
- erectile dysfunction, back pain, left hip disorder, right hip disorder, benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22051830
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