The Board has granted an effective date of September 14, 2004 for the award of service connection for herpes. The Veteran's claim was received in September 2004 and she requested service connection for sexual trauma related to a reported in-service assault.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the September 2004 claim is reasonably interpreted as a request for service connection for all disabilities resulting from the in-service assault, including herpes.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162534
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostatitis, HIV, CHF, GERD, herpes, a pulmonary disability, headaches, and type 2 diabetes mellitus as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability or a nexus to service or a service-connected disability.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion from an infectious disease specialist who is not employed at the Houston VAMC, as the previous opinion was found deficient.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for various conditions due to a violation of the prohibition against concurrent election.
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