Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to evaluate an implicit claim for secondary service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation (SMC) for loss of use of a creative organ as complications of the Veteran's psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to develop or consider these matters, which were reasonably raised during the pendency of the psychiatric rating claim.
- Claimed conditions
- erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002921
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