The Board has granted the petition to reopen a claim for service connection for a disability manifested by low back pain, but denied the claim for service connection for herpes simplex/zoster.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received to reopen the claim for service connection for low back pain. The Veteran does not have current disabilities of herpes simplex or herpes zoster.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes simplex, herpes zoster
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1017488
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