The Board remands the claim for a higher initial rating for genital herpes due to insufficient evidence regarding the frequency and severity of flare-ups.
The deciding factor: Insufficient information provided by the examiner during the November 2024 examination, specifically regarding symptoms during flare-ups and their impact on daily activities.
- Claimed conditions
- Genital herpes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108871
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 258 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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