The Veteran's service-connected genital warts are currently evaluated as zero percent disabling, and the appeal is granted. The Veteran's other claims for service connection remain pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected genital warts have been reopened on new evidence and assigned a non-compensable rating (0%) based on their current status.
- Claimed conditions
- Genital Warts
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2015
- Citation
- 1503801
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for recurrent genital warts and scars associated with those conditions, finding that the evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under VA regulations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, sleep apnea, gouty arthritis of the right foot, and erectile dysfunction, are found to cause his depressive disorder. Service connection for depressive disorder is granted as secondary to these conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered her unable to secure or follow any form of substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's genital warts affected less than 5 percent of his entire body and exposed areas, requiring no systemic treatment. The Board denied a compensable rating for this condition.
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