Erectile dysfunction — all decisions

The Board remands the appeal for additional development, including new medical examinations and opinions to address the claimed conditions.

The Board denied service connection for chronic sinusitis, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, type II, diabetic retinopathy, erectile dysfunction, kidney cancer, and coronary artery disease.

The Board granted service connection for gastrointestinal, upper respiratory, and cardiovascular signs or symptoms effective August 10, 2022, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and erectile dysfunction. Tinnitus was also granted.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, right knee strain, left knee strain, pseudofolliculitis barbae, somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain and generalized anxiety disorder, and throbbing head pain on a direct basis.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, and atherosclerotic heart disease based on presumed exposure to herbicides. Erectile dysfunction was also granted as secondary to the service-connected hypertension. Hand tremors were denied.

The Veteran's effective date for the award of service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ was granted as October 31, 2008, but no earlier.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded several service connection claims.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, sleep apnea, cervical spine (neck) disability, lumbar spine (back) disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and erectile dysfunction. The appeal was dismissed for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder due to the grant of an unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board granted an effective date of April 1, 2023 for the grant of service connection for prostate cancer with radical prostatectomy and erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for scars of the anterior trunk and remanded claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, hemorrhoids, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder and anxiety.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, erectile dysfunction, bilateral flatfoot (pes planus), generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymic disorder), hypertension, pilonidal cyst, and sleep apnea due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and right hand scar, but denied service connection for other claimed conditions including diabetes type II, erectile dysfunction, headaches, heart disease, obstructive sleep apnea, left shoulder injury, left hand injury, lower back injury, right shoulder injury, upper back injury, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss disability.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.

The Board dismissed the claims for earlier effective dates and a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction, as the evidence did not support an earlier date of entitlement or a higher rating.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, and residuals of left rib cage contusion to obtain a new VA medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of erectile dysfunction, considering its relationship to service-connected conditions and other factors.

The Board granted an effective date of January 1, 2016, for entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ due to service-connected erectile dysfunction.

The Board remands the claim for a more adequate medical opinion addressing causation and aggravation of erectile dysfunction by Meniere's Syndrome, including the use of Meclizine.

The Board denied service connection for hyperlipidemia and remanded the claims for COPD, bilateral hearing loss, and ED due to a need for additional medical evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction, finding no evidence of entitlement prior to July 5, 2023.