The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a seizure disability as a result of his service-connected schizophrenia, and thus denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The veteran's seizure in October 1996 was due to an elevated level of loxapine prescribed for his service-connected schizophrenia. The seizure resolved after discontinuing use of the medication, and no further seizures have occurred.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure disability, Schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0202960
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What this means for you
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