The veteran's service-connected herpes simplex, chronic cervical strain, and chronic right shoulder strain have been granted. The veteran is currently receiving a 10 percent rating for her herpes simplex, effective July 3, 1998. Her chronic cervical strain has been rated as noncompensable since the grant of service connection in July 3, 1998. Her chronic right shoulder strain also has a noncompensable rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's herpes simplex is manifested by occasional breakouts on her left hand and fingers with mild symptoms that do not meet the criteria for higher ratings under either the former or revised diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes Simplex, Chronic Cervical Strain, Chronic Right Shoulder Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 24, 2004
- Citation
- 0426567
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's herpes simplex was incurred during his military service in Korea, and therefore grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than October 15, 2019 for service connection of herpes simplex and denied her claim for a compensable disability rating for herpes simplex.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the AOJ accepted and adjudicated the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected herpes simplex disability on its merits, despite rejecting it initially due to a form submission error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his service-connected herpes simplex is being remanded due to the need for a VA skin examination.
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