Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, seizure disorder, and pes planus, prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 29, 2013. The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for this period.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including trauma of the head and body, joint pain, loss of motor skills associated with psychomotor seizures, and degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, are all denied. The Board found that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or any in-service injury.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of migraine headaches, depression, and psychosomatic seizures. The claim for migraine headaches was reopened based on new evidence showing current treatment but not finding a link to service. Service connection was denied for depression and psychosomatic seizures due to lack of in-service onset or relationship.

The Board has granted service connection for a seizure disorder and vertigo, both found to be secondary to service-connected conditions. Service connection for COPD is remanded due to conflicting medical evidence.

The Board has determined that the appellant's epilepsy is not service-connected due to his period of dishonorable service, but they have ordered a remand for an opinion on whether it may be related to his honorable service in Iraq.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a chronic seizure disorder, as well as an increased rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and TDIU prior to October 31, 2020. Additional evidence was received since the last SSOCs but not waived by the Veteran.

Your claims for seizure disorder and right shoulder disability have been dismissed due to a clerical error. The right shoulder disability was granted in a previous rating decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and missing service treatment records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for a head injury with seizures is now pending again.

The Veteran's service-connected psychomotor epilepsy and neuropsychiatric disorder with psychotic manifestations render him in need of the regular aid and attendance of another person, warranting special monthly compensation for aid & attendance.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's seizure disability is related to his service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's seizures are not secondary to his service-connected TBI and the Board denied service connection for this condition. The rating for his TBI was increased from 0% to 40% effective August 16, 2017.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss has been rated as noncompensable. The Board remanded the issues of service connection for hypertension and epilepsy, but did not substantially comply with its previous directives.

The Board has remanded the claims for sarcoidosis, brain lesions and seizures, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypothyroidism due to incomplete development of records and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for seizure disorder, claustrophobia (previously claimed as a nervous condition), major depressive disorder, and PTSD. The evidence did not support the Veteran's claims that these conditions were related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current seizures and meningioma, which are believed to be related to a Chikungunya infection during service.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but has remanded the cases of cervical spine disability, seizure disability, and TDIU prior to August 15, 2012.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings are being remanded due to the need for additional medical records from his private neurologist.

The claims for SMC, increased rating for idiopathic partial simple seizure disorder, and service connection for hypertension, low back disorder, and a bilateral eye disorder are dismissed.,A TDIU due to the service-connected seizure disorder is granted.

The Board has ordered further development due to inconsistencies in the Appellant's marital status and incomplete medical records. The case is being returned for these actions.

The Board has granted reconsideration of the Veteran's claims for service connection for seizure disorder and psychoneurotic disorder, but has also remanded these claims due to the need for additional development including obtaining medical records and providing VA examinations.