Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for recurrent genital herpes simplex type 2 infection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The March 2024 VA examiner's opinion is found to be inadequate as it did not consider the Veteran's report of the first outbreak occurring in 1991 and has continued since, which is inconsistent with the examiner's rationale that herpes and shingles are two separate conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent genital herpes simplex type 2 infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088809
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