Erectile dysfunction VA rating
The VA rates erectile dysfunction under DC 7522 / 7632, and most ratings land in the 0% + SMC-K ($139.87/mo) range. What decides yours is the criteria below and what your record actually documents.
What the criteria ask for at each level
DC 7522 + SMC-K — 38 CFR §4.115b / §3.350
| Rating | What the record has to show |
|---|---|
| 0% + SMC-K | Usually rated 0% — but loss of use of a creative organ pays Special Monthly Compensation K: ~$139.87/month, tax-free, for life, on top of everything else. |
The schedule's own words
Ratings turn on specific terms, and a record that describes the same reality in different language often reads as a lower rating. These are the words this code measures:
- loss of use of a creative organ
- secondary to medication side effects
Evidence that moves this rating
- Medication list showing drugs with documented sexual side effects
- A short doctor note connecting the dysfunction to the medication or condition
What your statement has to cover
Doctors chart symptoms; they rarely chart consequences. That part is yours, and it is usually what separates a documented rating from a reported one.
- File it even though it rates 0% — the SMC-K money is automatic once service-connected.
- Name the cause: PTSD medications (SSRIs/SNRIs), blood-pressure meds, diabetes, or the condition itself.
Our Statement Builderwalks through the questions that produce that kind of statement, in the schedule's own terms.
Before you spend money on this claim
VA ratings do not add. Each new rating applies only to the part of you the VA still counts as unimpaired, then rounds to the nearest ten — so from 70%, a new 10% condition leaves you at exactly 70% and changes your payment by nothing.
That does not make the claim worthless; it can still matter for TDIU, for SMC, or later when something else is added. But it is worth knowing before you pay for a nexus letter rather than after. Check what one more condition does at your rating — it takes a minute.