The Board granted an effective date of December 2, 2020, for the award of service connection for ED and SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the Veteran's ED is related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and there was no earlier diagnosis or treatment recorded.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25057929
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits, service connection for ED as secondary to a depressive disorder, and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for service-connected erectile dysfunction due to the absence of evidence of penile deformity.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction due to the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorders and musculoskeletal disabilities, but denied a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability.
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