The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a separate compensable rating for erectile dysfunction associated with diabetes mellitus, as well as for peripheral neuropathy in various extremities.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support that the Veteran's diabetes required more than a 20 percent rating or that he had any scarring or deformity related to his ED. The peripheral neuropathies were only moderately incomplete and did not warrant higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type II, Erectile dysfunction (ED), Left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (PN), sciatic nerve, Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (PN), sciatic nerve, Left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy (PN)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25013016
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,902 · Granted: 11% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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