Epilepsy & seizure disorders decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the claims for hypertension, TBI residuals and a recurrent seizure disability, as well as the rating for thoracolumbar spine degenerative disc disease due to incomplete VA examinations.

The Veteran's back disability, headaches, and seizure disorder have been granted service connection.,Other claims for service connection are pending and will be remanded.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection claims for non-epileptic seizures and brain disease, both linked to in-service exposure to Camp LeJeune water contamination, need further investigation. The case is sent back to VA for a thorough examination and opinion.

The Veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD and for TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional consideration of new evidence, including VA examination records.

The Board has granted service connection for Dercum's disease and remanded the issue of service connection for seizure disorder.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a seizure disorder due to new evidence submitted after the last SSOC, and the case must be returned to the AOJ for readjudication.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's seizure disorder, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated by his active service. The opinion indicated that the condition likely pre-existed service and may have been aggravated by a head injury during service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new and material evidence having been received. The Veteran's service treatment records are incomplete, and there is a need to reconstruct them. Additionally, the VA must verify the Veteran's reported herbicide exposure in Vietnam and his claimed stressors.

The Board denied service connection for seizure disorder, asthma, heart condition, and hypertension as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began in or were related to service.,There is no persuasive medical evidence linking any of the Veteran's current conditions (seizure disorder, asthma, heart condition, and hypertension) to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected grand mal epilepsy required the need for regular aid and attendance of another person, leading to a special monthly compensation (SMC) based on this need.

The Veteran's petition to reopen the claim for service connection for sleepless nights was granted. The petitions to reopen claims for other conditions were dismissed.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for endometriosis, migraine headaches, seizure disorder secondary to migraine headaches, right shoulder bicipital tendinitis, and left knee patellofemoral syndrome have been reopened.,Service connection has been granted for migraine headaches.

The Board has remanded the claims due to inadequate development, including failing to schedule VA examinations for the Veteran. The examinations were not completed as requested.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection for seizures and suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm due to exposure to herbicide agents need further development, as VA medical opinions are required.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development, including obtaining a VA examination to address service connection for residuals of brain aneurysm and grand mal seizures secondary to service-connected TBI.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a disorder manifested by shakiness, twitches, tics, and other seizure-type symptoms, claimed as secondary to medications taken for his service-connected PTSD, is granted due to the Veteran providing competent and credible evidence of these symptoms and a VA expert opining that they are likely related to his psychiatric medications.

The Board has remanded the case due to a scheduling issue with an aid and attendance examination, which is needed to determine if the Veteran's service-connected seizure disorder renders him in need of regular aid and attendance.

The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for an adjustment disorder was denied. Service connection claims for episodic seizures and right gluteal tendonitis were also denied.,Service connection claims for hemorrhoids and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are pending and require further development.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's neurocognitive disorder is not service-connected and has ordered a remand to obtain an opinion from a specialist regarding her claimed condition.

The Veteran's cerebral cavernous malformation with seizures was previously rated at 40 percent, but the VA reduced it to 10 percent. The Board has decided that this reduction was improper and restored the original 40 percent rating.