The Board has found that the reduction of the rating from 80 percent to 20 percent for a seizure disorder was improper, and therefore restored the evaluation to 80 percent effective February 28, 1992.
The deciding factor: The VA examination in August 1994 did not provide adequate evidence to support the reduction of the rating as it only indicated that the veteran had not experienced a seizure in a year and her seizures were controlled with Dilantin. The Board found this insufficient to determine if there was an actual change in the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0206281
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