The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for partial complex seizure disorder and visual disturbance, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability, were denied by the Board. The decision is final and cannot be reopened without new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The April 1997 Board decision granted earlier effective dates of June 8, 1989, for partial complex seizure disorder and visual disturbance ratings, but denied reopening claims for individual unemployability based on the date of receipt of a private physician's statement. The veteran cannot obtain an earlier effective date without new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- partial complex seizure disorder, visual disturbance with dizziness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0107252
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a recurrent neurological disability, including partial complex seizure disorder and headache disability, and a recurrent ear disability, including otitis externa, to ensure necessary development is completed.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion for revision of a final decision that denied service connection for partial complex seizure disorder, finding no clear and unmistakable error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of substantial compliance with prior instructions. The Veteran is denied service connection for partial complex seizure disorder and his claim for otitis externa must be remanded.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's anxiety disorder with panic attacks and partial complex seizure disorder are currently rated at 50 percent, effective from the date of the decision.
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