The Veteran's service-connected erectile dysfunction is granted as secondary to his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder. The initial rating for right knee strain with meniscal tear, status post partial meniscectomy, remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on new evidence that linked the erectile dysfunction to a pre-existing condition (generalized anxiety disorder).
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Atopic Dermatitis and Eczema, Right Knee Strain with Meniscal Tear
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2023
- Citation
- A23030417
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is related to his active-duty service and has granted service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder is rated at 50 percent, effective December 14, 2021. The Board also granted a TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and ADHD, finding that these conditions had onset during his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various psychiatric disabilities, arrhythmia, cardiac amyloidosis, and CAD/arteriosclerotic heart disease are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
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