The Board has determined that the Veteran's skin disorder of the right hand is not related to his service-connected genital herpes and needs further examination. The Veteran also needs a VA examination for his service-connected genital herpes, as well as an opinion regarding whether he is unemployable due to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found insufficient evidence in the record to determine if the Veteran's skin disorder of the right hand was related to his service-connected genital herpes and requires further medical evaluation. The Veteran also needs a VA examination for his genital herpes, as well as an opinion regarding whether he is unemployable due to these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1107762
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's skin disorder of the right hand is not related to his military service and is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected genital herpes. The criteria for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for genital herpes have also not been met.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of a chronic skin disorder related to the veteran's military service and denied his claim for service connection.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeals for both issues before the Board could make a decision. The case is dismissed without prejudice.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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