The Board has determined that the veteran's seizure disorder is not service-connected because it is related to his alcohol abuse, and as such, falls outside of the provisions for direct service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that any seizure disorder from which the veteran may currently suffer is related to his abuse of alcohol rather than to any acquired disability which could be considered for the purpose of establishing service connection. Given that the veteran's claim was filed after October 31, 1990, pursuant to the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.301(a), any alcohol-related seizure disorder is not eligible for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0000269
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