Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches, but the issues of entitlement to service connection for seizure disability and fibromyalgia are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the cases for a VA opinion on whether meningioma had its onset in service or was otherwise etiologically related to active service, including exposure to herbicide agents and gasoline.

The Veteran's seizure disability is granted a 60% rating, effective from the date of this decision. The hypoglossal cranial nerve disability remains at a 10% rating.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his military service and grants service connection for it. The appeals regarding seizure disability and lumbar spine disability are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran is granted an effective date of April 28, 2016 for the award of a 20 percent rating for his seizure disorder.,An effective date of April 28, 2016 is also granted for basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).,TDIU is granted effective April 28, 2016.

The Veteran's initial claim for service connection for a seizure disorder was received on November 26, 2004, which is more than one year after his discharge from active service. Therefore, the effective date for this condition cannot be earlier than November 26, 2004.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete medical records and the need for a VA examination to determine if the Appellant became permanently incapable of self-support by reason of a mental or physical condition prior to attaining 18 years of age.

The Veteran's appeals for a higher rating and an earlier effective date were withdrawn at the Board hearing.,The Veteran's claim of service connection for organic brain disease was not addressed in the September 1985 rating decision, which granted service connection for seizures as residuals of his craniotomy.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him so helpless as to require the regular aid and attendance of another person.,The Veteran does not have additional right ankle disability proximately caused or aggravated by VA hospitalization and surgery in July 1990.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cause of death due to a brain tumor, finding that there was no evidence linking the condition to his military service or any service-connected disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding his exposure to herbicide agents in service and for additional VA examinations.

The Board has dismissed all issues of entitlement to service connection as the Veteran died during the appeal process.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a seizure disorder as secondary to his service-connected PTSD, finding that there is an even balance of evidence supporting this determination.

The Veteran's tinnitus is rated at the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent.,Seizure disorder does not meet the criteria for a higher than 40 percent rating.

The Veteran's appeal to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for blackouts, now claimed as seizures, is granted. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection for blackouts, now claimed as seizures, and for a brain tumor.

The Board dismissed the appeals regarding service connection for various conditions due to the Veteran's death.

The petition to reopen the claim of service connection for hearing loss is granted. Service connection for ischemic heart disease or coronary artery disease, hypertension, and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accidents and seizures are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for various conditions and mental health disorders. The specific issues include fibromyalgia, left shoulder condition, left side back condition, cervical spine condition, left hand muscle failure, hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, total abdominal hysterectomy, skin condition, headaches (including as secondary to seizures), carpal tunnel syndromes, seizures (to include as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder), memory loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board also requested additional evidence related to the Veteran's claims for service connection based on personal assault.

The Board has denied service connection for elevated cholesterol due to the absence of a current disability. The remaining issues (epilepsy, acquired psychiatric disability, hypertension, right shoulder disability, sleep apnea, tinnitus, and low back disability) are remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Veteran's hippocampus sclerosis syndrome with seizures and dementia (Alzheimer's Disease) have been granted initial ratings of 20 percent and 100 percent, respectively. Special monthly compensation benefits for the need for aid and attendance are also granted.