The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on the loss of use of a creative organ, as these conditions are related to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted because the evidence is in equipoise that the erectile dysfunction is related to the medication prescribed for the service-connected PTSD, and special monthly compensation was granted due to the loss of use of a creative organ resulting from the service-connected erectile dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- erectile dysfunction, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), not otherwise specified headaches, cervical strain with degenerative disc disease, right shoulder strain with degenerative arthritis, left shoulder strain with degenerative arthritis, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, temporomandibular joint syndrome, right ear perforated eardrum residuals with tympanoplasty residuals
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25023038
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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