The veteran was granted a 10 percent disability rating for herpes simplex, effective August 30, 2002.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms of five outbreaks per year and the need for systemic therapy for five days per outbreak met the criteria for a 10 percent rating under the revised DC 7806 as of August 30, 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes simplex
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0813603
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
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