Medical study finds that ED in the military doubled over 10 years

2014-10-08T17:14:01-04:00

What do you think caused this? Do you receive a disability rating from the VA for this?

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/10/02/erectile-dysfunction-rates-in-us-military-double-over-10-years.html?ESRC=army-a.nl

Erectile Dysfunction Rates in US Military Double Over 10 Years

Erectile dysfunction has more than doubled in U.S. service members over the past decade, according to a report by the Armed Service Health Surveillance Center.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 8 at 2014 5:18 PM

2014-10-08T17:18:22-04:00

Good, if somewhat personal, question, LTC Private RallyPoint Member. :-) I did not receive a disability for this. I attribute some of this to military doctors' willingness to "push pills," probably especially in this area. I do have some experience with this "disability" (won't go into details), but I will say that the "diagnosis" was a self-assertion, which was taken at face value. How's that for putting myself out there?

I have heard that younger folks (and older, not to pick on younger folks) use ED drugs as "enhancers" when there really is no need for the drug. I suspect that's also part of the reason for the results of this study.