Epilepsy & seizure disorders decisions — 2020

The Board dismissed the claim of service connection for dementia and remanded claims for a seizure disability, imbalance, psychiatric disability, and bilateral knee disability. The Veteran's seizure disability is being remanded due to incomplete records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to failure to report for scheduled VA examinations. The issues of service connection for various disabilities are now pending.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for further medical examinations. The hypertension claim is also being remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with other issues.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for asthma, seizure disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD, depressive disorder, adjustment disorder, conversion disorder) due to incomplete records. The case will be returned for further development.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's seizure condition, finding that it began during his active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and is related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for seizure disorder and bilateral hearing loss due to inadequate examination reports. The Veteran is not entitled to service connection for these conditions as there is no evidence of a nexus between his current diagnoses and his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and need for further medical opinions regarding his claimed conditions. The claims are related to in-service noise exposure, burning diesel fuel, gas chamber training, cold weather exposure, and handling heavy equipment.

The Board has decided that the claims for service connection for a seizure disorder, back disability, and headache condition (to include as due to a seizure disorder) must be remanded due to inadequate examination reports and failure to obtain all relevant medical records.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted as service-connected due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents. Other claims for service connection are remanded for additional development.

The Veteran's pseudoseizures are rated at 20 percent, and his PTSD is rated at 70 percent. The Board has remanded the case for further development regarding these ratings.

Service connection for a cervical spine disability, low back disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and seizure disorder is denied.,Service connection for erectile dysfunction is remanded due to lack of an opinion on the relationship between service-connected PTSD and GERD.

The Veteran's service-connected epilepsy, grand mal type, was found to be the underlying cause of his fatal cardiac arrest. The appellant is therefore entitled to VA burial benefits at the service-connected rate.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for pseudofolliculitis barbae and TBI, as well as his claim for a seizure disorder secondary to TBI. The claims are being returned for additional development including obtaining medical records, updating examination reports, and considering new evidence.

The Board has denied service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, atrial fibrillation, peripheral arterial disease, parathyroid disability, seizure disorder, and swallowing disorder. The Veteran's claims were also denied for reopening his claims for lip cancer and stroke residuals due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for epilepsy and sinus tachycardia have been dismissed due to her withdrawal from appeal. The remaining issues of service connection, rating, and TDIU are remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions including respiratory disability, sleep apnea, back disability, seizures, and tinnitus have been denied. The Veteran is not entitled to a higher rating for his tinnitus.

The Veteran's CAD and seizure disorder have resulted in a TDIU effective October 22, 2009. The VA has determined that the Veteran is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a nerve condition of the chest, arms, and back, chloracne, and epilepsy were denied as new and material evidence was not received to reopen any of these claims.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied due to lack of audiometric findings meeting VA criteria for hearing loss. Service connection for tinnitus was denied based on a one-year presumption and continuity of symptomatology since service.,Service connection for a nerve condition of the chest, arms, and back and chloracne were denied as there is no evidence showing these conditions in service or related to service.,Service connection for epilepsy was denied due to lack of direct service connection based on in-service noise exposure, herbicide exposure, or continuity of symptomatology. Presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure was also denied.

The Veteran's heart disability and seizure disorder are granted as secondary to Agent Orange exposure.,Service connection for hepatitis C is denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hydrocephalus s/p shunt placement and seizures are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.