The Board has granted restoration of a disability evaluation of 10 percent for herpes progenitalis from October 1, 1972. The claim for an effective date prior to August 25, 2003, for a 10 percent evaluation for herpes progenitalis is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the reduction of the veteran's disability rating was not in compliance with VA regulations and thus void ab initio. The claim for an effective date prior to August 25, 2003, was therefore dismissed as moot since the restoration of the 10 percent evaluation has been granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes Progenitalis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 16, 2007
- Citation
- 0704669
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- Denied
The Veteran's herpes progenitalis is rated at 10 percent prior to December 30, 2021, and remains at 10 percent from December 30, 2021, to December 30, 2022. After that date, a higher rating is not warranted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's herpes progenitalis is rated as noncompensably disabling. The Board has ordered a remand to determine the nature and duration of treatment for his condition, including whether it constitutes systemic therapy.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 60 percent for herpes progenitalis, to include on an extraschedular basis, was denied. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to Total Disability Rating Based Upon Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
- Granted
The Veteran's herpes progenitalis was rated at a 10 percent disability rating from February 27, 2002 to August 30, 2002.
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