The Veteran's herpes progenitalis with balanitis was rated at 10 percent prior to January 21, 2014. The Board found that the evidence did not demonstrate systemic therapy or affected areas meeting the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's herpes progenitalis required systemic therapy or affected more than 20 percent of his entire body or exposed areas, which is necessary to warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes progenitalis, Balanitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20034495
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for balanitis as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type 2 and denied increased ratings for diabetes mellitus, type 2, bilateral lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, coronary artery disease, and an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for prostatitis with voiding dysfunction due to insufficient evidence regarding a current diagnosis and its relationship to service.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's herpes progenitalis with balanitis did not warrant a compensable rating prior to January 21, 2015 and denied entitlement to a 10 percent rating beginning on January 21, 2015.
- Denied
The veteran died from a pulmonary embolism caused by a vena cava thrombosis. The cause of death was not related to VA medical treatment, and the Board found no causality between any service-connected condition and his death.
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