A clinically significant psychiatric condition

Erectile dysfunction - A clinically significant psychiatric condition Factor

The Statement of Principles refers to having a mood disorder with depressive features or an anxiety disorder.

In Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) the section entitled Mood Disorders lists major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, bipolar I and bipolar II disorders, cyclothymic disorder, and mood disorder due to a general medical condition, substance-induced mood disorder.  Mood disorders have a disturbance in mood as the predominant feature and whether there are depressive features will depend on the individual.

The section entitled Anxiety Disorders in DSM-IV lists post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalised anxiety disorder, anxiety disorder due to a general medical condition, substance-induced anxiety disorder, panic disorders, agoraphobia, acute stress disorder, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Last reviewed for CCPS 5 October 2005.

Investigative Documents

Preliminary questions [25079]

22874 the veteran has had a mood disorder with depressive features or an anxiety disorder at some time.

27399  the veteran's mood disorder with depressive features or anxiety disorder is an illness or injury which is identifiable.

25235 the identified illness or injury was clinically significant.

35210  the veteran has established the causal connection between the clinically significant psychiatric condition and VEA service for erectile dysfunction.

22877 the identified illness or injury, a psychiatric condition, was clinically significant at the time of the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

22878   the veteran has established the causal connection between the clinically significant psychiatric condition and VEA service for the clinical onset of erectile dysfunction.

22879  the veteran has established the causal connection between the clinically significant psychiatric condition and operational service for the clinical onset of erectile dysfunction.

or

22880  the veteran has established the causal connection between the clinically significant psychiatric condition and eligible service for the clinical onset of erectile dysfunction.

or

7334     the clinical onset of the condition under consideration occurred after the end of the veteran's last period of VEA service.

7335     the condition under consideration permanently worsened.

35214 the identified illness or injury, a psychiatric condition, was clinically significant at the time of the clinical worsening of the condition under consideration.

35211   the veteran has established the causal connection between the clinically significant psychiatric condition and VEA service for the clinical worsening of erectile dysfunction.

35212  the veteran has established the causal connection between the clinically significant psychiatric condition and operational service for the clinical worsening of erectile dysfunction.

or

35213  the veteran has established the causal connection between the clinically significant psychiatric condition and eligible service for the clinical worsening of erectile dysfunction.

Clinical onset and operational service [22879]

6024     the identified illness or injury, a psychiatric condition, is causally related to operational service.

Clinical onset and eligible service [22880]

6026     the identified illness or injury, a psychiatric condition, is causally related to eligible service.

Clinical worsening and operational service [35212]

6024     the identified illness or injury, a psychiatric condition, is causally related to operational service.

35215 the clinical onset of erectile dysfunction occurred prior to that part of operational service to which the identified illness or injury, a psychiatric condition, is causally related.

Clinical worsening and eligible service [35213]

6026     the identified illness or injury, a psychiatric condition, is causally related to eligible service.

35216 the clinical onset of erectile dysfunction occurred prior to that part of eligible service to which the identified illness or injury, a psychiatric condition, is causally related.