The Board has remanded the case for further development due to uncertainty regarding whether the veteran currently has herpes simplex virus and its relationship to her service.
The deciding factor: Further examination is needed to clarify the existence and etiology of the herpes simplex virus in the veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes simplex
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0414227
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and GERD with hiatal hernia, effective from December 5, 2017. The claims for chronic fatigue, herpes simplex, enteritis, and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome were dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for herpes simplex, allergic rhinitis, bilateral hearing loss, right ankle fracture, and left varicocele.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a refund of a VA funding fee to obtain additional records and readjudicate the decision with consideration that the Veteran was still on active duty and receiving service pay at the time of the closing of his home loan.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a compensable rating of 60 percent for herpes simplex, effective December 13, 2011.
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