The Board has determined that the Veteran's venereal disease, including herpes, is at least as likely as not related to active service and grants entitlement to service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's competent statements regarding the continuity of symptoms since service credible and placed greater value on these statements than the negative nexus opinions provided by VA examiners.
- Claimed conditions
- venereal disease, herpes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22043711
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension, anorexia, herpes, migraines, and erectile dysfunction.,Service connection was not granted for any of the conditions listed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a back disability, but has denied all other claims due to lack of evidence linking the conditions to service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all pending claims, including those for service connection and initial compensable rating for migraine headaches, fingers and toes stiffening, herpes, and benign hematuria. The appeal is dismissed as the Veteran requested withdrawal of all claims.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome is denied as there is no current diagnosis of the condition.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a hysterectomy is denied as her hysterectomy was not related to her active duty service.
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