The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for herpes simplex type II because the Veteran requires near-constant use of systemic medication to control symptoms.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's daily oral medication, Valacyclovir, meets the criteria for systemic therapy and satisfies the regulatory definition required for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7806.
- Claimed conditions
- herpes simplex type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106626
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Decisions by this judge: 2,500 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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