Granted
The Board granted service connection for cataracts and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinions provided evidence that both conditions are due to the service-connected hypertension, which was deemed persuasive by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- cataracts, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092732
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