Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims, including obtaining medical records and conducting VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his PTSD and seizure disorder.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased evaluation of partial complex seizure disorder and a separate compensable evaluation for migraine headaches. The claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the left hip was also denied as it is not attributable to service.

The Veteran's claim for specially adapted housing has been granted due to his permanent and total service-connected disability, including the loss of use of the left lower extremity. The appeal for a special home adaptation grant is moot as he already qualifies for specially adapted housing.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service medical records and further development is needed.

The Board has granted service connection for seizure disorder, finding that the Veteran's PTSD alone created the need for care or assistance on a regular basis to protect him from daily environment hazards.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his request for a hearing before the Board. The case will be returned to the RO for further action.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for nerve damage of the right lip, ADD, and seizures were not properly appealed as there was no substantive appeal filed within the required time frame. As a result, these issues are dismissed.

The Board found that the Veteran's benign left parietal meningioma was not caused by military service or radiation exposure, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to inadequate VCAA notice.

The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability. The Veteran's other claims of entitlement to service connection for various disabilities are addressed in the REMAND portion of this decision.

The Veteran's claims for various conditions, including hypothyroidism, ulcerative colitis, sleep apnea, folliculitis, a seizure disorder, and a chronic eye disorder, were denied as they are not shown to be related to service or herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including skin disorders and a seizure disorder, were denied as the evidence did not show that these conditions were incurred or aggravated by active service.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to syncopal episodes (claimed as seizures) resulting from surgeries at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System is being remanded for additional development.

The Veteran's service-connected grand mal seizure disorder renders him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for seizures, ministrokes, loss of memory, shortness of breath, numbness and tingling of the left side of face, shoulder and arm. The claim for a high pulse rate was withdrawn by the appellant.

The Veteran's service-connected epilepsy did not cause his death, but the multiple strokes and pneumonia that led to his death were not related to any condition incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a seizure disorder, an increased evaluation for his right elbow disability, and a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The Board found that there was no credible evidence linking the current seizure disorder to active service.

The Board denied service connection for a brain abscess and an eye disorder, finding that the Veteran's conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by active duty.

The Board found no credible evidence to support the appellant's claim that the Veteran served in Vietnam and thus, there was no basis for presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure. The cause of death was determined to be metastic lung cancer, but it is not shown by the competent evidence of record to have been etiologically related to a disease, injury, or event in service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling a videoconference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.