The Board granted service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in relative equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's erectile dysfunction was caused by his service-connected disabilities, leading to a grant of service connection on that basis. Additionally, new and relevant evidence was received to reopen and grant service connection for hypertension under the presumption of herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25106029
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