Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as service connection for various disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to obtain a medical opinion regarding the relationship between his in-service pneumonia and his aspiration pneumonia, as well as whether his TBI caused or contributed to his seizures and Parkinson's disease.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for complications of a lung biopsy, finding that the additional disability did not result from carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA, or an event not reasonably foreseeable.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) due to insufficient evidence regarding herbicide exposure during the Veteran's service at Fort Gordon.

The Board's decision on July 23, 2019, is vacated and the issues are remanded for reconsideration under the modernized review system.

The appeal for entitlement to TDIU prior to June 29, 2012, and a higher disability rating for seizures was denied.

The claims for service connection are remanded to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with residual seizures, blind spots, and photophobia to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The appeal regarding service connection for tonic clonic seizures and grand mal seizures has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board granted readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for a seizure disorder and headaches, secondary to a seizure disorder based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board remands the claim for a new examination to adequately consider all of the Veteran's symptoms associated with her brain tumor residuals, including headaches and seizures.

The Board granted an effective date of June 24, 2020, for the grant of an increased rating to 80 percent for epilepsy and denied a higher rating. The Board also granted an effective date of June 24, 2020, for TDIU.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a seizure disorder and remanded the claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected complex partial seizure, right lower extremity neuropathy, and left lower extremity neuropathy associated with Gulf War environmental hazards, as well as a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing.

The Veteran's service-connected tonic-clonic seizures or grand mal, to include seizures with aura, are granted a rating of 80 percent from June 24, 2019.

The Board granted an 80 percent disability rating for seizure disorder, a 30 percent rating for left eye atrophy and blindness, and a TDIU due to the seizure disorder. The discontinuation of the 100 percent disability rating for Rosai-Dorfman disease was upheld.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and epilepsy was denied as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed, and good cause has not been shown to accept the late filing.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's stroke and seizure disabilities, finding that the evidence does not support a link between these conditions and his military service, including exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Board denied readjudication of the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for an anxiety condition, a seizure disorder, and high blood pressure as there was no new and relevant evidence submitted.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and a compensable rating for migraine headaches, granted an effective date of August 16, 2022, but no earlier, for the 100 percent rating for PTSD with TBI, and remanded claims related to special monthly compensation.