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Q367: I was in the Army from 77-60. I was diagnose with herpes virus. I am service-connect for it. I read your article STD Payments for Life. And how a few veterans are granted monthly disability benefits for "service-connected" sexually transmitted diseases (STD) for life. Can I file a claim for compensation for this?
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A1: I'm sorry these fools that went round and screwed up on duty and got themselves a disease and want everybody else to pay for their stupidity, is disgusting compared to actual combat wounded Veterans, who desperately need their benefits! I can't believe they have the nerve to even ask for anything how disgusting! (BB) 2/27/20
A2: Whether you feel this situation is morally disgusting or not it irrelevant. If you contracted a STD while on active duty, you have the legal right to file a claim. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501)
(1) Venereal disease. The residuals of venereal disease are not to be considered the result of willful misconduct. Consideration of service connection for residuals of venereal disease as having been incurred in service requires that the initial infection must have occurred during active service. Increase in service of manifestations of venereal disease will usually be held due to natural progress unless the facts of record indicate the increase in manifestations was precipitated by trauma or by the conditions of the veteran's service, in which event service connection may be established by aggravation. Medical principles pertaining to the incubation period and its relation to the course of the disease; i.e., initial or acute manifestation, or period and course of secondary and late residuals manifested, will be considered when time of incurrence of venereal disease prior to or after entry into service is at issue. In the issue of service connection, whether the veteran complied with service regulations and directives for reporting the disease and undergoing treatment is immaterial after November 14, 1972, and the service department characterization of acquisition of the disease as willful misconduct or as not in line of duty will not govern. (RJ) 3/23/20