Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The Veteran's TBI residuals with seizure disorder and lumbar spine disability are granted as service connection is established for these conditions.

The Veteran's PTSD with related pseudoseizures is granted as service-connected. However, the claim for seizures remains denied.

The Veteran is granted SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) for loss of use of both legs and SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(l) based on the need of regular aid and attendance due to multiple service-connected disabilities other than those indicating that he has loss of use of both legs.,The Veteran is also granted SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(o).,However, the Veteran's entitlement to SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r)(2) remains pending as it requires a higher level of care which has not been determined.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for transient global amnesia, to include seizures, and a visual disorder due to unresolved issues.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral eye disability, bilateral hearing loss, epilepsy, and a psychiatric disability (claimed as PTSD) have been dismissed. The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability is being remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence. Additional development is needed, including an addendum opinion on whether the Veteran's epilepsy is related to Gulf War exposures.

The Board has granted the Veteran's appeal for recognizing his daughters A and B as dependent children based on their permanent incapacity for self-support prior to reaching age 18 due to diagnosed disabilities.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for vertigo and pseudoseizure disorders, finding that there is no current disability or evidence of a nexus to military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for TBI and SMC based on need for regular aid and attendance due to ongoing issues with the adequacy of previous opinions and the inextricability of these matters.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for non-epileptic seizure disorder and Parkinson's disease due to new evidence received since the last final denial. The Veteran contends that his seizures began during active service following a motor vehicle accident.

The Veteran's service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, headaches, back injury, neck injury, right hip injury, left ankle injury, ulcers, heart problems, kidney failure, head trauma, and seizures have been granted. The appeals are remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that additional VA medical opinions are needed to address the etiology of the Veteran's seizure disorder, vertigo, COPD, and osteoporosis. The claims for these conditions are being remanded.

The Board has granted special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance of another person due to service-connected seizure disorder. The housebound status issue is moot as SMC at the aid and attendance rate was granted.

The Veteran's service-connected unknown febrile illness (claimed as malaria and cerebral malaria) is not active, resulting in no residuals other than the symptoms of epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis. The Veteran's epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis was rated based on its severity prior to September 9, 2019, and from that date onwards, a higher rating of 60 percent has been granted.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and remanded the remaining issues due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, residuals of heat stroke, hypertension, epilepsy, cardiac arrhythmia, lower extremity edema (including spider veins), headaches, and neurological effects have all been denied.,There is no evidence to support the Veteran's assertions that his current conditions are related to his active duty service.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA opinion on the Veteran's epilepsy rating and to determine if TDIU should be granted on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the August 1995 rating decision denying SMC based on statutory housebound status and the need for regular aid and attendance. The issue will be addressed by the AOJ in the first instance.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, and the claim for sleep disorder (Nightmare Disorder) has been granted.,Other claims remain pending and are being remanded by the Board.

The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a head injury, including headaches and seizures, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are at least as likely as not related to his in-service head injury. The decision also grants service connection for a seizure disorder, attributing it to the same head injury.