The Board remands the matter to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether medications used to treat herpes progenitalis constitute systemic therapy.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not address all relevant factors in determining whether the medications constitute systemic therapy, as required by prior remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes progenitalis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25002372
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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
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