The veteran was granted a 10 percent disability rating for herpes, based on periodic bouts of herpetic lesions and flare-ups.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported an initial 10 percent rating given the veteran's symptoms and their impact, without more severe manifestations to warrant higher ratings under other diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0813167
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostatitis, HIV, CHF, GERD, herpes, a pulmonary disability, headaches, and type 2 diabetes mellitus as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability or a nexus to service or a service-connected disability.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion from an infectious disease specialist who is not employed at the Houston VAMC, as the previous opinion was found deficient.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for various conditions due to a violation of the prohibition against concurrent election.
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