Erectile dysfunction — all decisions

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ, as there was no basis to assign an effective date earlier than July 25, 2024.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of erectile dysfunction to properly adjudicate it, as a medical opinion is needed to address its relationship with the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral feet peripheral neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, and prostate cancer was dismissed due to a lack of timely filing.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for increased ratings and service connection claims, as the evidence did not show a factually ascertainable increase in disability or entitlement to benefits prior to August 26, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and erectile dysfunction, but denied service connection for headaches, left hand disability, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, right foot disability, right arm/shoulder disability, diabetes, and individual unemployability. The claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was granted.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension, to include as secondary to PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for left side macroadenoma and its secondary conditions of erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, and hypopituitarism.

The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for residuals of prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy, as the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate those required for that rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and a higher disability evaluation for PTSD with recurrent depressive disorder, as well as remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and fasciculations and muscle spasms, but denied service connection for erectile dysfunction and urinary urgency and frequency disorder. The claim for bilateral pes planus was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, a skin disability (tinea pedis), and rhinitis. Service connection was denied for sinusitis, irritable bowel syndrome, shortness of breath, and an anxiety condition.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral visual discomfort, bilateral dry eye syndrome, and bilateral chronic allergic conjunctivitis but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a fatigue disorder. The claims for increased ratings were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, and prostate cancer as due to exposure to herbicides. It also granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, nephropathy, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and diabetic retinopathy as secondary to the already service-connected conditions of diabetes mellitus or prostate cancer.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment from August 11, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction, finding no evidence linking the disabilities to the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for ED with low sperm count and service connection for a low back disability, to include mild degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer and dismissed the appeals for service connection for radical prostatectomy with residuals and bladder cancer, which are now moot due to an earlier grant of service connection.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder. The claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board granted initial ratings of 40 percent for degenerative disc disease and 20 percent for right and left lower extremity radiculopathies, but denied higher ratings. Other claims were either granted with non-compensable ratings or denied.

The Board denied service connection for migraine headaches and remanded the claim for erectile dysfunction, finding no evidence linking either condition to the Veteran's military service or toxic exposures.