The Board has granted a 60 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected herpes simplex virus, type II (claimed as genital herpes infection), effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced in showing that the Veteran’s herpes virus required constant or near-constant systemic therapy such as corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs during the past 12-month period, which meets the criteria for a 60 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 7806.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes Simplex Virus, Type II (Genital Herpes Infection)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19146464
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.
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