Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury, including seizure disorder, post-concussive syndrome, chronic ischemic strokes, vascular dementia, and migraine headaches is being remanded due to the need for additional development regarding whether any pre-existing conditions were aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's seizure disorder was incurred in service, and is presumed to have existed prior to service due to a pre-existing condition. The evidence does not clearly and unmistakably show that the seizure disorder did not increase in severity during service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to the lack of credible evidence supporting the claimed in-service stressors and a diagnosis linked to those events. The claim was not about service connection for diabetes mellitus with cerebrovascular occlusive disease, ischemic seizure activity and hypertension.

The case was remanded for further development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and adjudicating the claim for an effective date prior to June 22, 1992, for the 80 percent rating for a seizure disorder.

The appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and scheduling VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for epilepsy or a seizure disorder, sinusitis, diabetes mellitus, asthma, strokes, heart disability, occlusion of the carotid artery, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and bilateral visual impairment as there is no evidence that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board found that the Veteran's blackout spells with sudden loss of consciousness and seizure disorder were not related to his period of service.

The veteran's income exceeded the maximum annual rate for pension, thus he is not entitled to VA non-service connected disability pension benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating, service connection for a seizure disorder and depression as secondary to his service-connected disability, and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's history of epilepsy residuals from head trauma, as there was no evidence of a major seizure in the last six months or two in the last year, or averaging at least five to eight minor seizures weekly.

The Veteran's PTSD is service-connected due to combat exposure. The acquired psychiatric disorder is also service-connected as secondary to the service-connected PTSD. Epilepsy was not aggravated by service, and peripheral vascular disease and peripheral neuropathy were not incurred or aggravated in service.

The Board found that the evidence did not support a nexus between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his cause of death, or any connection to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for a seizure disorder as the competent and probative medical evidence of record preponderates against a finding that the Veteran's current condition began in or was caused by his military service.

The Board denied service connection for a seizure disorder, finding that the preponderance of evidence was against the claim. The issue regarding a systolic heart murmur due to rheumatic heart disease is being remanded.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, seizures with loss of consciousness, weight loss, hematemesis and rectal bleeding, a heart condition, and sleep disorders as there was no evidence to support a nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's period of active duty.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a seizure disorder, back disability (degenerative joint disease), and disability of the legs as not being new and material evidence. However, it reopened the claim for a back disability but denied the claims for a disability of the legs and a disability of the feet.

The appeal regarding the initial evaluation for seizure disorder has been withdrawn by the Veteran's representative.

The Board granted service connection for epilepsy, finding that it was presumed to have been incurred during active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as there was no evidence linking his fatal conditions to any incident of active duty.

The Veteran's service-connected simple partial seizures with cognitive disorder is rated at 20 percent for the period prior to August 5, 2002.