The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for venereal disease, including HPV, finding no current diagnosis and noting that HPV can be eradicated by the immune system.
The deciding factor: There is no probative evidence of a current diagnosis or residual after the excision of penile condyloma in December 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- venereal disease, human papilloma virus (HPV)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2017
- Citation
- 1755912
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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