The Board has granted an earlier effective date of February 3, 2006 for the grant of service connection for Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and corresponding Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(k) for loss of use of a creative organ.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's February 3, 2006 statement constituted an informal claim for service connection for ED in conjunction with his lumbar spine disability and thus established symptoms related to ED which were reasonably raised under the regulatory provisions then in effect.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Degenerative Arthritis of the Lumbar Spine with Intervertebral Disc Syndrome (IVDS)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24085869
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