Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for a chronic seizure condition and entitlement to total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) have been dismissed due to his death. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate these claims as the appellant is deceased.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient information regarding the Veteran's current seizure disorder and its relation to service. The case will be returned for further development, including obtaining medical records and a new VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance is remanded due to his failure to attend a VA examination. The Board finds the Veteran has good cause for not attending and orders another VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of his service-connected seizure disorder is being remanded due to the lack of a recent VA examination, and he has been prescribed medications and witnessed seizures.

The Board denied service connection for seizure disorder, finding that the Veteran's seizures began in 1988 and were not related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for conversion disorder presenting as pseudoseizures secondary to service-connected PTSD, but has remanded the issue of residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) including dizziness and headaches.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were denied, with the Board finding no evidence to support a link between prescribed Seroquel and his claimed neurological condition manifested by seizures.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a seizure disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected condition, finding that there was no confirmed diagnosis of PTSD or depression in the record.

The Veteran's appeal regarding his disability rating for epilepsy and the earlier effective date of service connection has been dismissed without prejudice as he opted into the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a seizure disorder, finding that it is not related to his active service or any service-connected condition.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for valvular heart disease and seizure disorder due to insufficient opinions from VA examiners. The Veteran is being asked to provide additional National Guard personnel records.

The Veteran's appeals for higher ratings and TDIU have been dismissed as he has withdrawn his appeal.

The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected seizure disorder is remanded due to the need to obtain relevant medical records and consider all evidence in relation to this matter.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for seizure disorder and migraine headaches due to additional development being required, including obtaining relevant medical records and opinions.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is granted as secondary to a service-connected condition. The seizure-like disorder issue has been remanded for additional development.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); stroke residuals; seizure disorder; and defective vision due to inconsistencies in medical opinions and a need for further development.

The Board has dismissed the appeals regarding service connection for prostate cancer and an earlier effective date for DEA benefits due to the Appellant's withdrawal of these claims.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right-ear hearing loss, a neurological disorder (claimed as a seizure disorder and epilepsy), an acquired psychiatric disorder, and vertigo due to internal inconsistencies in the medical opinion regarding the aggravation of his pre-existing right-ear hearing loss during service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's seizure disorder had its onset within one year of his separation from service and is not attributable to intercurrent causes, granting service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, Parkinson's disease, diabetic nephropathy (claimed as kidney disease), diabetic retinopathy (claimed as vision loss), gallbladder removal, glaucoma, pancreatitis, bitemporal local epilepsy, and lewy body dementia have all been granted due to presumed exposure to herbicides during service.