The Veteran was granted a compensable rating of 60 percent for herpes simplex, effective December 13, 2011.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran has been prescribed Acyclovir since June 1982, which is considered systemic therapy and warranted a 60 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for the Skin.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes simplex
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25007039
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and GERD with hiatal hernia, effective from December 5, 2017. The claims for chronic fatigue, herpes simplex, enteritis, and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome were dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a refund of a VA funding fee to obtain additional records and readjudicate the decision with consideration that the Veteran was still on active duty and receiving service pay at the time of the closing of his home loan.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for herpes simplex, resolving any doubts in the Veteran's favor based on a positive test result from 1990.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a 60 percent rating for herpes simplex, finding no evidence of an increase in disability prior to July 27, 2022.
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