Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for genital herpes and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to the service-connected genital herpes, but denied service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's mental health symptoms were found to be linked to his service-connected genital herpes, while there was no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD that met the DSM-5 criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- genital herpes, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099395
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