Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychomotor epilepsy began during his active service and is not a pre-existing condition. Therefore, service connection for this disability is granted.

Service connection is granted for bilateral hearing loss.,Service connection is denied for glioblastoma multiforme, stroke, left-sided weakness and sensory deficits, left hand disability, left leg disability, left foot disability, bilateral eye disability, and seizures.

The Veteran's service connection claims for seizure disorder and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are both granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to insufficient evidence. The issues of service connection for high blood pressure, seizures, hepatitis C, degenerative arthritis of the spine with back pain, and fragment in left knee are being addressed.

The Veteran's epilepsy is being remanded for a VA examination to assess the current severity and manifestations of his condition, as well as its impact on employment. The TDIU claim is also being remanded due to its inextricably intertwined nature with the epilepsy rating issue.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for hypertension and seizure condition due to inadequate opinions from the VA examiner. Additional VA opinions are needed to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran's appeals for ratings in excess of 50 percent for bipolar disorder with memory loss and in excess of 40 percent for tonic clonic seizures have been dismissed. The appeal for a compensable rating for tension headaches has been remanded, as well as the TDIU claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for seizures, finding that there was no evidence linking his current diagnosis to his active military service.

The Board has dismissed all issues of service connection due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a combat head injury, including TBI, global amnesia, neurological condition, and seizure disorder are related to service. The claim is granted.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied. The Board found that it was not factually ascertainable, indeed not even contended, that the Veteran was unemployable prior to January 9, 2002 due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's pension claim should be remanded to assign ratings for his nonservice-connected disabilities and consider extraschedular considerations. The AOJ is instructed to reassess these issues.

The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for his service-connected seizures is being remanded due to the failure to readjudicate the case and issue a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC).

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches associated with traumatic brain injury are rated at 30% prior to March 6, 2018 and denied for a higher rating. The Veteran's partial complex seizure disorder is rated at 40%, which is the maximum allowed under current criteria.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's seizure disorder. The AOJ is instructed to obtain and review all relevant service treatment records, VA treatment records, and any outstanding Camp Hansen records.

The Veteran's service-connected seizure disorder and memory loss are found to have contributed substantially or materially to his cause of death, resulting in the grant of service connection for cause of death.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and a need for further examination.

The claim for service connection for a seizure disability has been reopened. The Veteran's seizures during active duty are considered to be pre-existing, but the Board is remanding the case to determine if they were aggravated by service. Other secondary service connection claims are also being remanded.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for left ankle disability was denied. The claims for service connection for petit gran mal seizures, PTSD, anxiety, and depression were remanded due to insufficient evidence. A new and material evidence claim for lung disorder was granted.

The Veteran's prostate cancer is presumed to be due to herbicide exposure. The seizure disorder claim is remanded for further evaluation.