The Board remands the claim for service connection of herpes to obtain a VA examination as the medical evidence is insufficient.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence exists, and an examination is required to determine if the Veteran's herpes disability is related to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25009114
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostatitis, HIV, CHF, GERD, herpes, a pulmonary disability, headaches, and type 2 diabetes mellitus as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability or a nexus to service or a service-connected disability.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion from an infectious disease specialist who is not employed at the Houston VAMC, as the previous opinion was found deficient.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for various conditions due to a violation of the prohibition against concurrent election.
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