The Board has determined that the veteran's post-service diagnosis of herpes simplex II is not the same disease process as the one diagnosed during service, and thus cannot be considered service-connected.
The deciding factor: There was no definitive diagnosis of herpes simplex I or II during service, and there is insufficient evidence to establish a medical nexus between the inservice and postservice diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes Simplex
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0634425
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for his service-connected herpes simplex is being remanded due to a lack of adequate examination and factual inaccuracies in the current evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 30 percent rating for herpes simplex is remanded due to the need for further development of facts and medical evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected herpes simplex disability is not adequate and requires a new examination to determine its current severity.
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