The Veteran's claims for service connection for HPV and cervical dysplasia/ascus favor dysplasia have been reopened due to the submission of new evidence. However, her initial claim was denied because the clinical findings alone were not considered a service-connected disability. The Board has now remanded these issues for further examination and opinion regarding whether the Veteran's conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The claims were previously denied as there was no established chronic disability due solely to the clinical findings of HPV and cervical dysplasia/ascus favor dysplasia. New evidence suggests that these conditions may have resulted in actual disabilities requiring monitoring or treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes Simplex, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), Cervical Dysplasia/ascus favor dysplasia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22008886
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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