The Board granted a compensable rating (10%) for herpes prior to February 18, 2013 based on intermittent use of oral Acyclovir therapy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's herpes involved intermittent systematic therapy with oral Acyclovir for less than 6 weeks in any 12-month period, which is within the criteria for a 10% rating under Diagnostic Code 7806.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19126821
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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