The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 30 percent rating for herpes simplex is remanded due to the need for further development of facts and medical evidence.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as there are questions regarding whether the treatment provided prior to June 25, 2014, constitutes systemic therapy or 'like' corticosteroids/immunosuppressive drugs.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes Simplex
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19149843
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for herpes simplex was denied as the evidence did not show that his condition warranted a higher rating at any point during the appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for his service-connected herpes simplex is being remanded due to a lack of adequate examination and factual inaccuracies in the current evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected herpes simplex disability is not adequate and requires a new examination to determine its current severity.
- Granted
All issues related to increased ratings for benign prostatic hypertrophy, herpes, and lipomas are denied. Effective November 1, 2010, the Veteran is granted a 20 percent rating for hemorrhoids, hypertension, and lumbar spine disability.,An effective date of November 16, 2011, was assigned for increased ratings for these conditions.
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