The Veteran's appeal for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ has been dismissed as there is no case or controversy remaining to be resolved.
The deciding factor: The April 2020 rating decision granted the SMC, and the November 2020 rating decision assigned an effective date based on the original claim. This represents a full grant of the benefits sought on appeal with no unresolved issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of use of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24014008
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ are granted with an effective date of August 21, 2025.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for earlier effective dates of August 22, 2016, for service connection and SMC due to loss of use of a creative organ. The May 2024 Board decision granted these benefits with an effective date of August 22, 2016.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted increased ratings for dermatitis and central serous chorioretinopathy, while denying restoration of the rating for prostate cancer and granting SMC for loss of a creative organ.
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