The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to hypertension and remanded the claims for low back disability and right shoulder disability including arthritis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's ED is linked to his service-connected hypertension, while further development is needed for the other conditions due to missing service records.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Low Back Disability, Right Shoulder Disability including arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25023127
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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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