The Board found that the veteran's last seizure occurred in September 1993, and his current condition does not meet the criteria for a 60 percent evaluation. The claim for an increased evaluation was also denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show at least one major seizure every four months or nine to ten minor seizures per week since the last reduction in evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- grand mal seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0018864
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and a review of his TDIU claim.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 40 percent for grand mal seizure disorder was denied, and the claim for an effective date prior to December 28, 2015 for TDIU was also denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed conditions are not related to his military service and thus denied all claims for service connection.
- Whole decision: Granted
The VA determined that the Veteran's service-connected grand mal seizure disorder, as of February 15, 2011, meets the criteria for an 80 percent disability rating under the applicable schedular criteria and does not warrant an extraschedular rating.
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