The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for hearing loss, anxiety disorder, and adjustment disorder with anxiety. Service connection was granted for acquired psychiatric disorders secondary to degenerative disc disease and neurogenic erectile dysfunction secondary to degenerative disc disease. SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ was granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran withdrew his appeals for hearing loss and anxiety, and service connection for these conditions is not warranted as they are not related to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing loss left ear, Adjustment disorder with anxiety, Acquired psychiatric disorder (likely depression), Neurogenic erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24055501
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for right ear hearing loss and left ear hearing loss have been denied. The claim for adjustment disorder with anxiety has been remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety but denied service connection for sinus condition and neck disability. The issue of entitlement to service connection for undifferentiated connective tissue disease was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder with depression (GAD), and a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae. The claims for service connection for chronic left knee pain, chronic right knee pain, low back pain, neurogenic erectile dysfunction, onychomycosis, and pain and dysfunction of the right shoulder were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions as they are inextricably intertwined with pending lumbar and cervical spine issues.
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