The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to post traumatic stress disorder and remanded the claim for kidney disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that two different medical professionals have opined that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD is at least a contributing factor to his erectile dysfunction, and there is no evidence of record that disproves this. For the kidney disease, the VA examiner provided an inadequate opinion as it did not address the Veteran's contention that medication for PTSD caused or aggravated his kidney disease.
- Claimed conditions
- erectile dysfunction, kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072349
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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