Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including conversion disorder with attacks or seizures, unspecified depressive and anxiety disorders. The Veteran's conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion and failure to provide proper notice of the decision.

The Board denied service connection for hypertensive vascular disease, concussion, diabetes mellitus, seizure disability, bilateral pes planus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (alcohol use disorder in sustained remission and PTSD). The effective date for hypertension was denied as the Veteran's claim was received within one year of the PACT Act.

The Board has determined that an updated medical opinion is needed to address whether the Veteran's service-connected epilepsy condition caused, materially contributed to, or hastened his death.

The Veteran's appeal regarding service connection for memory loss and seizures has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has remanded three issues related to the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including focal motor seizures and residuals of traumatic brain injury. The claims are being returned for further development due to a duty to assist error.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to incomplete records and a need to obtain additional medical evidence. The Veteran's claims will be reconsidered with all relevant records considered.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination and conflicting evidence regarding participation in TERA. The Veteran's claim for service connection for a seizure disorder will be reconsidered with additional development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) because his service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The appeal regarding the proposed reduction of a 40 percent rating for epilepsy is dismissed. The case is remanded for further consideration of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board has withdrawn claims for service connection for joint pains and muscle pain. The remaining issues of service connection for right hand, left hand, left knee, seizures/tremors, immune disorder, and nerve damage are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including epilepsy, prostate cancer, and lumbar DDD, necessitate the need for regular aid and attendance from his spouse. The Board has granted SMC based on this need.

The Veteran's service connection claim for tonic-clonic seizures is denied as the evidence does not support a causal relationship to his military service or any service-connected disability. The Veteran's hypertension and prostate cancer residuals are also denied, with no compensable rating assigned due to lack of qualifying blood pressure readings.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for seizure disorder (epilepsy) as there is no evidence that it began during or was caused by his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder caused substance abuse, which in turn led to his cerebrovascular accident (CVA), tonic-clone seizures, anoxic brain damage, right upper extremity (RUE) tremors, and left upper extremity (LUE) tremors. The Board granted service connection for these conditions.

The Veteran's seizure disorder was not manifested by at least one major seizure in the past six months or two seizures in the last year, so her claim for a higher rating is denied.

The Veteran's seizure disability has manifested in one major seizure every month throughout the period on appeal, warranting a 100% rating from May 7, 2025 to October 16, 2025.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claim for service connection of seizure disorder as he withdrew his appeal. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for sleep apnea due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The Veteran's TBI, psychiatric disorder, seizure disorder, and tremors are all in question.

The Veteran's death was ruled as natural causes with contributory conditions of epilepsy and hypertension. The Board denied service connection for the cause of death due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service, and denied DIC benefits because he did not meet the criteria for total disability rating under 38 U.S.C. § 1318.