The Board granted service connection for HIV, finding that the Veteran's HIV diagnosis is related to his active military service due to in-service military sexual trauma (MST).
The deciding factor: The July 2023 VA examiner opined it was at least as likely as not the Veteran's HIV diagnosis was incurred in or was otherwise related to the claimed in-service injury, event, or illness.
- Claimed conditions
- human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25046407
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 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for HIV and legal blindness due to ongoing evidentiary deficiencies and failure of the RO to fully comply with prior remand directives.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for HIV has been granted, making the issue moot.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeals for pseudofolliculitis barbae and rhinitis. Service connection was denied for several conditions, including neurological damage in both legs, IBS, GERD, cervical spine disability, migraines, plantar fasciitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, dry skin, erectile dysfunction, right knee disability, low back pain with arthritis and instability, and sinusitis. The appeals for left ankle disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, and HIV were remanded.
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