The Board has remanded the cases for further examination and medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's herpes simplex type II and left shoulder pain and limited range of motion had their onset in service or are related to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence is insufficient to determine if the conditions had their onset in service, necessitating a VA examination to provide such determinations.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes simplex type II, left shoulder pain and limited range of motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24064168
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for herpes simplex type II because the Veteran requires near-constant use of systemic medication to control symptoms.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection, increased evaluations, and eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance are being remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a skin disorder, including skin rashes and herpes simplex type II, finding that the Veteran's statements and hearing testimony supported his claims of recurrent skin rash since service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of adequate opinion regarding whether any skin disorder is etiologically related to service. The AOJ must obtain outstanding VA treatment records and an adequate opinion from the examiner.
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