Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of erectile dysfunction, including as due to a service-connected depressive disorder, is remanded. The VA needs to provide an adequate medical opinion on whether the condition was aggravated by the service-connected disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA did not adequately address whether the erectile dysfunction was aggravated by the service-connected depressive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- erectile dysfunction, unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003814
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