The Veteran's herpes simplex disability is rated at a 10 percent level, but no higher. The Board also granted the claim for TDIU on account of his service-connected herpes simplex disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed intermittent systemic therapy (oral antiviral medications) was required for the Veteran's herpes simplex virus for less than six weeks over a 12-month period, meeting the criteria for a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7806.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes Simplex
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21064417
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's herpes simplex was incurred during his military service in Korea, and therefore grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than October 15, 2019 for service connection of herpes simplex and denied her claim for a compensable disability rating for herpes simplex.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the AOJ accepted and adjudicated the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected herpes simplex disability on its merits, despite rejecting it initially due to a form submission error.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his service-connected herpes simplex is being remanded due to the need for a VA skin examination.
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